Project description
A major leap forward for prosthetic limbs
There have been significant advances in technology used for prosthetic limbs – from 3D printing to digital design tools. The EU-funded WISH project will develop a device it calls Wearable Integrated Soft Haptic (WISH). This is for upper and lower limb prostheses and can exert pressures in multiple specific stump sites. It is composed of soft silicone chambers along with their actuation and control units. The project expects to achieve good modality matching and somatotopic matching while keeping it non-invasive and practicable. The purpose of this European Research Council initiative is to transform WISH into a technology platform supporting different devices for different types of prostheses. No other haptic display technology for prosthesis users has ever reached such maturity.
Objective
In this ERC Proof of Concept, we want to develop a wearable fluidic force feedback device for upper and lower limb prostheses, composed by soft silicone chambers along with their actuation and control units, to exert pressures in multiple specific stump sites. This solution, named Wearable Integrated Soft Haptic device (WISH), strives to achieve both good modality matching (MM) and somatotopic matching (SM), while keeping non-invasive and practicable. The principle, preliminarily demonstrated on a single subject and one prosthesis type to display one type of force/tactile information, has the potential to generalize in several directions. Our goal is to transform WISH into a technology platform supporting different devices for different types of prosthesis available in the market, for both upper and lower limbs. We will depend on user involvement, team with hospitals and rehabilitation units, and work with companies producing prostheses (see endorsement letters) to acquire domain specific knowledge and to test our devices in real use cases. Through this project, our Technology Readiness Level will increase from 3 to 4/5 and enable us to apply for an EIC Transition for subsequent development and validation in a larger cohort. To the best of our knowledge, no other haptic display technology for prosthesis users has ever reached such maturity and readiness level, which makes this opportunity unique.
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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16163 Genova
Italy
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