SECOND BODY PROJECT

Neuroscience-inspired AI for personalized control of wearable robots

MOMENTUM PROGRAM CSIC

Mobility problems are the common denominator of many diseases, neurological causes, and musculoskeletal conditions that affect hundreds of thousands of citizens each year. Being able to assist the mobility of these people is central to society and the healthcare system. The main goal of this project is the development of a new generation of intelligent and customizable Wearable Robots (WRs) to assist users with mobility problems in their day-to-day lives. To achieve this, a neuro-inspired Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be developed for the perception and control of WRs, based on deep reinforcement learning. It will be trained on different mobility pathologies and users modeled with musculoskeletal digital twins. These algorithms will be implemented in sensorized exoskeletons, adapted for safe use in real environments. The selected candidate will join a young, highly active, interdisciplinary research group in the fields of AI, robotics, and neuroscience.