Exoskeleton and Wearables Enhanced Prevention and Treatment

The Innovation Network eXprt brings together a multidisciplinary team to create a synergy of engineering, neuroscience, and clinical neurology to develop wearable technologies. The project provides tools to sensitively identify sensorimotor and cognitive impairments in everyday life. Through the power of neuroengineering, the results of eXprt will efficiently compensate for lost motor function and, therefore, prevent deterioration and improve the quality of life of individuals in need.

eXprt will develop a robotic exoskeleton to assist individuals with impaired hand function. Furthermore, using neuroimaging methods, eXprt will examine the neuroplastic adaptations that come with the use of the exoskeleton. Additionally, via wearable technologies, eXprt will use state-of-the-art machine learning methods to analyse everyday behavior in larger cohorts to learn about how to best improve prevention, outcome, and secure independency in daily life.

Our research team

• Prof. Dr. Gordon Cheng (Cognitive Systems) - Coordinator
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Hermsdörfer (Human Movement Science) - Coordinator
• Prof. Dr. -Ing. Ralf Brederlow (Circuit Design)
• Apl. Prof. Dr. med. Marcus Deschauer (Neurology)
• Prof. Dr. David Franklin (Neuromuscular Diagnostics)
• Prof. Dr. med. Timo Grimmer (Psychiatry)
• Prof. Dr. -Ing. Sandra Hirche (Information Oriented Control)
• Apl. Prof. Dr. Kathrin Koch / Prof. Dr. Claus Zimmer  (Neuroradiology)
• Prof. Dr. -Ing. Veit Senner (Sport Equipment & Sport Materials)

Associated researchers

• Dr. med. Benedikt Becker (Clinic and Poliklinic for Neurology)
• Dr. phil. Satoshi Endo (Information Oriented Control)
• Dr. phil. Philipp Gulde (Sport Equipment & Sport Materials)
• Dr. phil. Raz Leib (Neuromuscular Diagnostics)
• Apl. Prof. Dr. med. Mark Mühlau (Clinic and Poliklinic for Neurology)
• Dr. -Ing. John Nassour (Cognitive Systems)
• Dr. med. Daniel Utpadel-Fischler (Clinic and Poliklinic for Neurology​​​​​​​)