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VariLeg enhanced will be part of the first CYBATHLON Challenge! Eager to see how we perform on the new stones obstacle?

We are excited to announce an even closer collaboration of VariLeg enhanced and HSR enhanced. We started the project "enhanced

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Our two athletes had exactly the same time in the Cybathlon 2020! They came in 6th and 7th place.

The Coop newspaper made an article from us and the HSR enhanced team. "Now engineers are venturing out something that only Jesus

In the newspaper article from Blick you can see how mentally strong our pilot Thomas Krieg is! Read it on blick.ch

Great news! We participate not only with one, but with two pilots at Cybathlon 2020. In addition to Thomas Krieg,

To challenge the pilots even more, bring some change into the training and because of the nice weather, we have

Once again, Thomas Krieg has improved himself on one of the obstacles for CYBATHLON 2020. With hard and regular training, our

These are the moments we are working for. Yesterday Rolf Schoch was able to climb the stairs for the first

What a natural! After a ten-month break and a rather overhauled exoskeleton, our second pilot Rolf Schoch walks once again

Powered Exoskeleton Team VariLeg enhanced is featured prominently in the 'CYBATHLON special issue magazine' of our Gold-Level sponsor maxon. It

Unfortunately the Cybathlon 2020 will not take place in its original form. However, a new global format is being developed

VariLeg enhanced got its first taste of competition at the CYBATHLON Experience@Weltklasse Zürich. The show race took place in August

We fondly remember a great moment of VariLeg enhanced, the rollout of the focus project at ETH. After only nine

Today we would like to relive with you one of the greatest milestones of VariLeg enhanced. On May 7, 2019,

In today's throwback, we would like to look back with you on a major milestone of the VariLeg enhanced project.

Let’s use the next few weeks to have a look back to the beginnings of the focus project VariLeg enhanced.

Our answer to the challenge of Project MARCH: https://www.linkedin.com/…/project-march_exoskeleton-challe… We challenge TWIICE, ANGEL Robotics and all students from VariLeg enhanced focus project! See

We will not be stopped: Despite the corona virus and the home office, we continue to work on our exoskeleton

ETH Zürich has decided to postpone the CYBATHLON until 19-20 September 2020. The protection and health of all people involved

CYBATHLON 2020 will take place from 19 to 20 September in the SwissArena in Kloten and will be broadcasted live

VariLeg enhanced and our pilot Thomas Krieg were mentioned in a blog post from ETH! Read the article here: https://blogs.ethz.ch/ETHambassadors/2020/02/14/robotics-help-athlete-walk-again/

In the last two training sessions, we could successfully test the new software as well as some new trajectories. Thanks

Not only do we revise the mechanics and hardware of our exoskeleton, but we also revise the software very thoroughly.

To be able to move with the exoskeleton, our pilots Thomas Krieg and Rolf Schoch need two crutches. They can

In the first test after the revision, we found some problems with the foot connection of the exoskeleton. For this

After intensive work the test stand of our master student Dario Bee could be finished. The test stand is a

We are proud to present LEMO as a Gold Sponsor 2020 of VariLeg enhanced. Thank you very much for your

After intensive weeks of work and changes on the exoskeleton, our pilot Thomas Krieg has recommenced training with it. During the

From 29.-30.11.2019 visitors at Swiss Handicap had the chance to see the exoskeleton VariLeg enhanced and the wheelchair ZED evolution

We were lucky to be present at the ETH‘ Zürich’s Alumni Event: „Science for Society: Robotik im Dienst des Menschen“,

The Japanese national broadcasting organization NHK  visited us at HSR! They filmed our exoskeleton demo and interviewed our paraplegic pilot

„It’s been over four years since Thomas Krieg ended up in a wheelchair. Today, he tells us how he got

The “CYBATHLON Experience at HSR: Next generation exoskeletons” gave visitors the chance to experience how paraplegic people can climb stairs

Thank you for all those who visted our exhibition stands at Scientifica 2019! We are happy to contribute to the

The ETH Zurich CYBATHLON together with Weltklasse Zürich hosted a number of thrilling competitions at the Zürich main station. Commuters

Following the WCSJ 2019 (World Conference of Science Journalists), 20 journalists and science communication professionals from 9 different countries visited

The video of our Roll-Out presentation is now available on Youtube! During this ten-minute presentation, we provided technical insights into

The Fokus Roll-Out was very successfull! We could show our product to the public and present all the new features

The team VariLeg enhanced had a successful shooting day in Rapperswil for our Roll-Out video. Thomas could walk, stand up

Thomas‘ first steps in four years! We are very proud to announce that we could start the testing phase with

We are very proud to present you the first steps of the VariLeg enhanced with our team member Pascal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ldx25H-1Q

In the last weeks, a lot of progress has been made! Have a look at some impressions of our daily

A whole week of carbon manufacturing lies behind us. Let’s start the post-processing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNfCDje4PU

It has been a pleasure presenting our project to around 120 prospective students during the ‚Studienwoche‘ (Study Week). Through sharing

After their visit at HSR Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil, Japanese national TV NHK World released their documentary „Robotics dor a