1st Prize at Prémio Engenheiro Jaime Filipe with “ASBGo*: a personalized-assistance smart walker”, recognized by Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação, Lisboa, 2015.
2016
Honorable Mention at Prémio Engenheiro Jaime Filipe with “ASBGo++ (Plus Plus) Smart Walker”, recognized by Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação, Lisboa, 2016.
2017
1st Prize at Prémio Engenheiro Jaime Filipe with SmartOs project, recognized by Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação, Lisboa, 2017.
Honorable Mention at Prémio Engenheiro Jaime Filipe with “Vibrotactile Biofeedback Waistband”, recognized by Instituto Nacional para a Reabilitação, Lisboa, 2017.
2018
Winner of Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge, “Functional Electrical Stimulation for Gait Rehabilitation”, Ana Correia.
Finalist at Healthy category of SantaCasa Challenge-Social Innovation with SmartOs project, recognized by Santa Casa Misericórdia de Lisboa, Lisboa, 2018.
2019
Winner of Fraunhofer Best Portuguese Master Thesis, “Feedback-Error Learning Control for Powered Assistive Devices”, Pedro Fernandes.
Finalist of Fraunhofer Best Portuguese Master Thesis, “Neuromechanical and Environment Aware Machine Learning Tool for Human Locomotion Intent Recognition”, Simão Carvalho.
Best oral presentation and paper for the work entitled “EMG-based Motion Intention Recognition for Controlling a Powered Knee Orthosis”, received at 19th IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions (ICARSC), Porto, 2019.
2020
Winner of the Best Paper awarded to: João M. Lopes, Cristiana Pinheiro, Joana Figueiredo, Luís P. Reis and Cristina P. Santos for the paper: “Assist-as-needed Impedance Control Strategy for a Wearable Ankle Robotic Orthosis” presented at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, held by videoconference on the 15th and the 16th of April 2020.
Highly Commended Paper from the Industrial Robot – International Journal of Robotics Research and Application awarded to: João M. Lopes, Cristiana Pinheiro, Joana Figueiredo, Luís P. Reis and Cristina P. Santos for the paper: “Assist-as-needed Impedance Control Strategy for a Wearable Ankle Robotic Orthosis”
