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BIOMEC appears in the TV programme Deuwatts

On May 28th, the BIOMEC Lab appeared in the TV programme Deuwatts of Betevé related to Biomedical Engineering in Catalan universities and institutes. The programme counted with the participation of other groups of the UPC Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CREB), and colleagues from UPF BCN MedTech and IBEC. In this programme, Josep Maria Font explained the research of the group on the ABLE project. The programme is posted below or you can also access it through the following link.

BIOMEC2018-08-20T09:03:55+02:00August 20th, 2018|CaixaImpulse, CREB, Exoskeleton, Media, News, Spinal cord injury, TV Programme, Videos|0 Comments

We are hiring, join our team!

Would you like to combine work and study? Are you looking for a motivating Master Thesis? Are you a person with initiative, willing to learn and eager to apply your knowledge for a good purpose? We are hiring, join our team! The ABLE project was selected by the CaixaImpulse Programme 2017 with the support of EIT Health. This project is now under development and the project team is looking for a computer scientist, and mechanical and electronic engineering students to develop the commercial prototype of [...]

BIOMEC2018-01-19T15:01:38+01:00January 18th, 2018|CaixaImpulse, CREB, Exoskeleton, Neurorehabilitation, News, Project, Recruitment, Spinal cord injury, Technology Transfer|0 Comments

The ABLE project has been selected to participate in the CaixaImpulse Programme 2017

A robotic lower limb exoskeleton to promote functional walking recovery of patients with spinal cord injuries, created by the Biomechanical Engineering Lab (BIOMEC) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), is one of the 23 biomedical research projects selected in the third edition of the CaixaImpulse Programme, organized by "la Caixa" Foundation and Caixa Capital Risc, to promote the transfer of knowledge in biomedicine to market and society, with the creation of biotechnological companies. Project description Every year, around the world, between 250.000 and [...]

BIOMEC2018-06-10T23:37:37+02:00December 21st, 2017|Award, CaixaImpulse, CREB, Exoskeleton, Neurorehabilitation, News, Project, Spinal cord injury, Technology Transfer|0 Comments