Project description DEENESFRITPL Human-robot interface for upper-limb disabilities Welcome to a new era of intuitive and seamless human-robot augmentation. The EU-funded HARIA project will pave the way with a new technology that connects the human sensorimotor system with the system of actuators and sensors of a robot. This allows reciprocal awareness, trust and understanding. HARIA will redefine the nature of physical human-robot interaction with technology consisting of AI-powered wearable and grounded supernumerary robotic limbs, as well as wearable sensorimotor interfaces. Augmentation methods will enable users to directly control and feel the extra limbs exploiting the redundancy of the human sensorimotor system through wearable interfaces. HARIA will address people with uni- or bi-lateral upper-limb chronic motor disabilities, improving quality of life. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective HARIA re-defines the nature of physical human-robot interaction (HRI), laying the foundations of a new research field, i.e. human sensorimotor augmentation, whose constitutive elements are: i) AI-powered wearable and grounded supernumerary robotic limbs and wearable sensorimotor interfaces; ii) methods for augmentation enabling users to directly control and feel the extra limbs exploiting the redundancy of the human sensorimotor system through wearable interfaces; iii) clear target populations, i.e. chronic stroke and spinal cord injured individuals, and real-world application scenarios to demonstrate the extraordinary value of the paradigm shift that HARIA represents in HRI and the great impact on the motivation to re-use the paretic arm(s), with consequent improvement of the quality of life. Supernumerary limbs will be partially controlled by artificial intelligence, and partially under the direct control of the human who gains the agency of some motion parameters of the supernumerary limbs. From the control point of view, it is fundamental to find the right trade-off between motion task parameters that are controlled by the user, and the level of robot autonomy. This interplay is enabled by the wearable sensorimotor interface that establishes a connection between the human sensorimotor system and the system of actuators and sensors of the robot, allowing reciprocal awareness, trustworthiness and mutual understanding. HARIA finds its natural application in assisting people with uni- or bi-lateral upper limbs chronic motor disabilities. Technology and methodology developments will follow a user-centered design approach, as only patients with disabilities are fully aware of their real (still unmet) needs in real life activities. This project will also go beyond the application to health, starting a new era of intuitive and seamless human-robot augmentation by wearable sensorimotor interfaces and supernumerary limbs. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligenceengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsmedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologystroke Programme(s) HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme HORIZON.2.4.5 - Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Topic(s) HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11 - Pushing the limit of robotics cognition (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA) Call for proposal HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme HORIZON-AG - HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA Net EU contribution € 1 080 250,00 Address Via banchi di sotto 55 53100 Siena Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Toscana Siena Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA Italy Net EU contribution € 617 500,00 Address Via morego 30 16163 Genova See on map Region Nord-Ovest Liguria Genova Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUER TECHNOLOGIE Germany Net EU contribution € 750 000,00 Address Kaiserstrasse 12 76131 Karlsruhe See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA Italy Net EU contribution € 799 100,00 Address Via ardeatina 306 00179 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 OTTOBOCK SE & CO. KGAA Germany Net EU contribution € 320 000,00 Address Max-nader-strasse 15 37115 Duderstadt See on map Region Niedersachsen Braunschweig Göttingen Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden Net EU contribution € 375 000,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 TWENTE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL B.V. Netherlands Net EU contribution € 350 000,00 Address Zutphenstraat 57 7575 EJ Oldenzaal See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Oost-Nederland Overijssel Twente Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SERVICIO DE SALUD DE CASTILLA LA MANCHA Spain Net EU contribution € 303 450,00 Address Avenida rio guadiana 4 45007 Toledo See on map Region Centro (ES) Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00