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”

 

2023

• Winner of the Best PhD Thesis awarded to: Nuno Ribeiro for the thesis: “Development and Implementation of Anti-Fall Strategies” presented at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions on the 26th and the 27th of April 2023.
• Winner of the Best MSc Thesis awarded to: Rafael Ferreira for the thesis: “Fall Prevention Strategy for an Active Orthotic System” presented at the IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions on the 26th and the 27th of April 2023.