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Awards

2015

  • 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”