Robotic Assistive Technology Made in

Flanders

26th May 2016

Robo8 Inspiration Day

Robo8 Inspiration Day

11u30 Inleiding, Joris De Schutter, KULeuven

11u40 State-of-the-art assistieve robottechnologie, Bram

Vanderborght, VUB

12u05 Assistieve robottechnologie - perspectieven vanuit de zorg, Jo

Vandeurzen, Minister van Welzijn, Volksgezondheid en Gezin

12u30 MIRAD project: bringing intelligent robotic assistive devices to

the user, Dirk Lefeber, VUB

13u00 Lunch & Demo’s

Sit-to-stance exoskeleton, Gait exoskeleton , Ankle exoskeleton for CP

children, Virtual Reality training environment

14u00 Interactive session: hoe assistieve robottechnologie naar de

markt brengen? Pieter Beyl, Sirris

15u00 Slotwoord, Joris De Schutter, KULeuven

15u10 Netwerkdrink

Take home messages

Robotic assistive technology is coming our way

Flanders has some key assets that can

accelerate the emergence of a robotic assistive

technology sector

• world class in health care

• research expertise in robotic assistive

technology

Insights from the interactive discussion

What’s next?

SBO project MIRAD ends 31/12/2016

• We are preparing follow-up activities

• Research projects

• R&D projects with companies

Slides & feedback form !

What’s next?

Networking drink…