The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation

Cristina Piazza; Manuel G. Catalano; Matteo Bianchi; Emiliano Ricciardi; Domenico Prattichizzo; Sami Haddadin; Andreas R. Luft; Olivier Lambercy; Roger Gassert; Eike Jakubowitz; Herman van der Kooij; Frederick Tonis; Fabio Bonomo; Benjamin de Jonge; Tomas Ward; Kristin D. Zhao; Marco Santello; Antonio Bicchi

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_71

The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation

Cristina Piazza^*
, Manuel G. Catalano
, Matteo Bianchi
, Emiliano Ricciardi
, Domenico Prattichizzo
, Sami Haddadin
, Andreas R. Luft
, Olivier Lambercy
, Roger Gassert
, Eike Jakubowitz
, Herman van der Kooij
, Frederick Tonis
, Fabio Bonomo
, Benjamin de Jonge
, Tomas Ward
, Kristin D. Zhao
, Marco Santello
, Antonio Bicchi

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Robotics-enabled technologies for assistive and rehabilitative applications have gained an increasing attention, both in academic and industrial research settings, as a promising solution for human sensory-motor system recovery. However, many constraints remain that limit their effective employment in everyday-life, mainly related to cost, usability and users’ acceptance. The Softpro project proposes to completely reverse such paradigm, starting from the analysis of the needs from patients and the careful investigation of the sensory-motor human behaviour, capitalizing on the framework of synergistic control and soft robotics. The final goal is to study and design simple, effective and affordable soft synergy-based robotic technologies for the upper limb, such as new prostheses, exoskeletons, and assistive devices which can be useful and accessible to a wide audience of users. To pursue such an ambitious objective, SoftPro has put together research groups who laid the neuroscientific and technological fundamentals underpinning the project approach, a net of international collaborations and numerous and qualified industrial partners, which is expected to produce a strong impact on both research and innovation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy
Editors	Maria Chiara Carrozza, Silvestro Micera, José L. Pons
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	370-374
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-01887-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-01886-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_71
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019
Event	4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob 2018 - Pisa, Italy Duration: 16 Oct 2018 → 20 Oct 2018 Conference number: 4 http://www.werob2018.org/

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Name	Biosystems & Biorobotics
Publisher	Springer
Volume	22
ISSN (Print)	2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-3570

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Conference	4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob 2018
Abbreviated title	WeRob
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Pisa
Period	16/10/18 → 20/10/18
Internet address	http://www.werob2018.org/

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Piazza, C., Catalano, M. G., Bianchi, M., Ricciardi, E., Prattichizzo, D., Haddadin, S., Luft, A. R., Lambercy, O., Gassert, R., Jakubowitz, E., van der Kooij, H., Tonis, F., Bonomo, F., de Jonge, B., Ward, T., Zhao, K. D., Santello, M., & Bicchi, A. (2019). The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation. In M. C. Carrozza, S. Micera, & J. L. Pons (Eds.), Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy (pp. 370-374). (Biosystems & Biorobotics; Vol. 22). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_71

Piazza, Cristina ; Catalano, Manuel G. ; Bianchi, Matteo et al. / The softpro project : Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation. Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy. editor / Maria Chiara Carrozza ; Silvestro Micera ; José L. Pons. Cham : Springer, 2019. pp. 370-374 (Biosystems & Biorobotics).

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Piazza, C, Catalano, MG, Bianchi, M, Ricciardi, E, Prattichizzo, D, Haddadin, S, Luft, AR, Lambercy, O, Gassert, R, Jakubowitz, E, van der Kooij, H, Tonis, F, Bonomo, F, de Jonge, B, Ward, T, Zhao, KD, Santello, M & Bicchi, A 2019, The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation. in MC Carrozza, S Micera & JL Pons (eds), Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol. 22, Springer, Cham, pp. 370-374, 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob 2018, Pisa, Italy, 16/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_71

The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation. / Piazza, Cristina; Catalano, Manuel G.; Bianchi, Matteo et al.
Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy. ed. / Maria Chiara Carrozza; Silvestro Micera; José L. Pons. Cham: Springer, 2019. p. 370-374 (Biosystems & Biorobotics; Vol. 22).

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Piazza C, Catalano MG, Bianchi M, Ricciardi E, Prattichizzo D, Haddadin S et al. The softpro project: Synergy-based open-source technologies for prosthetics and rehabilitation. In Carrozza MC, Micera S, Pons JL, editors, Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2018, October 16-20, 2018, Pisa, Italy. Cham: Springer. 2019. p. 370-374. (Biosystems & Biorobotics). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_71

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