Day 1: Tours at University of Bristol and Bristol Robotics Laboratory
Day 2: Research talk event
Location: Bristol Robotics Laboratory
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcom to Bristol Roboitcs Laboratory |
| 10:10 – 12:10 | Key speaker 1 (30 min) Key speaker 2 (30 min) Key speaker 3 (30 min) Key speaker 4 (30 min) |
| 12:10 – 13:00 | Lunch & networking |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Key speaker 5 (30 min) Key speaker 6 (30 min) Key speaker 7 (30 min) |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Coffee break & networking |
| 14:45 – 16:15 | Key speaker 8 (30 min) Key speaker 9 (30 min) Key speaker 10 (30 min) |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Discussion and technology reflection session in the field of medical rehabilitation and assistance |
Field of expertise and planned key speaker for 30-min presentation:
- Exoskeleton:
- Assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons
1) Dr. Jesus Ortiz, Head of XoLab, Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Italy
2) Assoc. Prof. Xiaofeng Xiong, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Hybrid motor-and-pneumatic-driven exoskeleton
1) Dr. Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
- Biomechanical structure for exoskeletons
1) Dr. Hamed Rajabi, London South Bank University, UK
- Physiotherapists and clinical research:
- Stroke rehabilitation
1) Assoc. Prof. Praveen Kumar, University of the West of England, UK
- Assistive Technology for Sports Science
1) Assoc. Prof. Chaipat Lawsirirat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (Online)
- Soft robotics, artificial muscles, cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics, and wearable technologies:
1) VIVO Hub research team, University of Bristol, UK
2) Prof. Giacinto Barresi, University of the West of England, UK
- Embodied artificial intelligence and machine learning for adaptive exoskeleton control:
1) Prof. Poramate Manoonpong, School of Information Science and Technology, VISTEC, Thailand
2) Dr. Chaicharn Akkawutvanich, School of Information Science and Technology, VISTEC, Thailand
Day 3: One-day research visit at Imperial College (Sir Michael Uren Hub, White City Campus)
- Neurorehabilitation Engineering: Prof. Dario Farina
- Smart Transducers: Dr. Majid Taghavi
- Exoskeleton for rehabilitation and assistance: Dr. Rejin John Varghese
Day 4: One-day research visit at University of Bath
- Biomechanical measurements, human model simulation & prediction, and motion analysis: Assoc. Prof. Uriel Martinez Hernandez
Day 5 – 10: Co-development and prototype development and initial testing