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SWAG at RoboSoft 2025: Advancing Sensorized Soft Robotics

SWAG at RoboSoft 2025: Advancing Sensorized Soft Robotics At the 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2025), Martina Maselli from the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) represented the SWAG project with a presentation of project research developing a sensorised system for soft robots. This innovative system integrates conductive textiles to endow soft robots with proprioceptive capabilities, […]

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SWAG featured at the European Robotics Forum

SWAG featured at the European Robotics Forum Dr. Patrick Holthaus, SWAG Co-Investigator and researcher at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), presented the SWAG project to the European Robotics Forum (ERF) community, explaining how the project pioneers a novel soft exoskeleton for empowering humans. The #ERF2025, Europe’s key robotics event, brought together about 1,500 experts from academia and industry to

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SWAG M13 Meeting in Italy hosted by SSSA and IUVO

SWAG partners gather in Italy to progress key technology On 28th and 29th November, 2024 the SWAG project travelled to Italy for the M13 Plenary meeting hosted by SSSA and IUVO. The meeting served as an opportunity for the consortium consisting of TWI Hellas, Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), Bendabl, Heidelberg University, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, IUVO, Eurecat, Jožef Stefan Institute, University of Twente (UT), Roessingh Research

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Towards Wearable Electromyography for Personalized Musculoskeletal Trunk Models using an Inverse Synergy-based Approach

New research promises improved design and interfacing of exosuits Low back pain (LBP) is a leading cause of disability for occupational tasks involving repetitive lifting contributing to compressive forces on the lumbosacral joint. (EMG)-driven musculoskeletal (EMS) models offer a novel personalized approach to assess the compressive forces during lifting. However, these models typically rely on

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Read the First Project Newsletter – All Our Research and Developments in One Place!

Read the First Project Newsletter – All Our Research and Developments in One Place! Our first project Newsletter is now out. It features our latest research, developments and news, as well as an overview of the project and partners. You can read it here. Stay updated on our groundbreaking work in soft robotics and our lower

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New research promises improved design and interfacing of exosuits

New research promises improved design and interfacing of exosuits Orla Rispens has developed novel deep learning methods to improve the wearability and speed of measuring muscle activity as part of her master thesis at the Neuromuscular Robotics Chair at SWAG partner University of Twente. This has potential implications for improving design and interfacing of wearable assistive robots.

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SWAG Partners gather in The Netherlands to discuss latest developments

SWAG Partners gather in The Netherlands to discuss latest developments Representatives from the SWAG project gathered for two days on 4th-5th April in Enschede, the Netherlands, for their second in-person meeting. Participants shared updates on various SWAG components, including musculoskeletal modeling, smart actuator development, pneumatic supply system design, as well as plans for user engagement

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SWAG Project Launched to Revolutionise Soft Robotic Exosuits

SWAG Project Launched to Revolutionise Soft Robotic Exosuits The Horizon Europe funded SWAG project aims to set a new benchmark in motion assistive technologies, developing fully soft human-assistive exoskeletons. SWAG, standing for Soft Wearable Assistive Garments, will explore a fundamentally new approach to engineering soft wearable robots, that completely omit rigid materials in favour of soft, inflatable

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