@ProfTomRobotics

Professor in mechatronics and robotics @Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Joined June 2020
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Kevin De Pauw@KevinDePauw121 Dec 2022
Bringing together physiology, biomechanics and robotics technology ieeexplore.ieee.org/document… Excellent work of @Maria23Diaz Matthias Voss @ardillen @TassignonBruno @flynniv_ @JoostGeeroms @RomainMeeusen @ProfTomRobotics Jan Babic Philipp Beckerle Thanks to @MFYS_VUB @brubotics
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New @brubotics paper "A Methodology for Designing a Lightweight and Energy-Efficient Kinematically Redundant Actuator" by Khorasani, A., Furnémont, R., Usman, M., Hubert, T., Vanderborght, B., Lefeber, D., Van de Perre G. & @ProfTomRobotics ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
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BruBotics VUB@brubotics5 Aug 2022
📢📢 Job alert 📢📢 We are searching for a group of PhD students working on Energy Management Modeling for applications in IoT and Mobile Robotics as a joint project between @imec_int,@IDLabResearch and @brubotics jobs.idlab.uantwerpen.be/o/p… #iot #robotics #phd
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Proud and happy to show some of the work we are doing in @MFYS and @Brubotics at the #RehabWeek2022.
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New paper online: A Methodology for Designing a Lightweight and Energy-Efficient Kinematically Redundant Actuator by Amin Khorasani, Raphael Furnémont, Muhammad Usman, Thierry hubert, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Greet Van de Perre, Tom Verstraten ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
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Tom Verstraten retweeted
EXSKALLERATE@exskallerate20 Jun 2022
"Exoskeletten: hype of realiteit?"🇧🇪 Next Tuesday @POMWVL and @brubotics will host an online information session [in Flemish] to answer your questions on the use of #exoskeletons and possibilities within your company! Read more & register for free 👉pomwvl.be/agenda/exoskelette…
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Tom Verstraten retweeted
BruBotics VUB@brubotics24 May 2022
Pablo presenting R2poweR: The Proof-of-Concept of a Backdrivable, High-Ratio Gearbox for Human-Robot Collaboration at @ieee_ras_icra cris.vub.be/ws/portalfiles/p…
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Vanuit ons @brubotics en @ai_vub onderzoekslabo in Brussel wens ik alle #RoboCup Junior deelnemers veel succes. Meer info op robocupjunior.be.
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New @MDPIOpenAccess @brubotics paper "SPECTA Actuator to Improve Energy Recuperation and Efficiency" by Elias Saerens, Raphael Furnémont, Julie Legrand, Stein Crispel, Pablo Lopez Garcia, @ProfTomRobotics , Bram Vanderborght and Dirk Lefeber mdpi.com/2076-0825/11/3/64

Novel SPECTA Actuator to Improve Energy Recuperation and Efficiency

The current state of the art in compliant actuation has already good performance, but this is still insufficient to provide a decent autonomy for the next generation of robots. In this paper, a next...

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New RAL+ICRA2022 paper: Prismatic gravity compensator for variable payloads by Raphael Furnémont, @ProfTomRobotics, Dirk Lefeber and Bram Vanderborght ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
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Tom Verstraten retweeted
EXSKALLERATE@exskallerate18 Jan 2022
How to bring exoskeletons to the workplace🤔? Here is a roadmap to support large-scale adoption of this exciting technology🦾! Congrats to @sagan61 and Michiel de Looze in their participation in authoring this @Cambridge_Uni article👏🎉 cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Occupational exoskeletons: A roadmap toward large-scale adoption. Methodology and challenges of...

Occupational exoskeletons: A roadmap toward large-scale adoption. Methodology and challenges of bringing exoskeletons to workplaces - Volume 2

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BruBotics VUB@brubotics29 Nov 2021
New @brubotics paper An industrial exoskeleton user acceptance framework based on a literature review of empirical studies between robotics and @imec_smit @BramVDBorght authors.elsevier.com/c/1e94n…
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Joost Geeroms@JoostGeeroms16 Nov 2021
Our new @brubotics paper on the cover of the latest @Actuators_MDPI issue! Learn more about our modular compliant actuators, including sensors, controllers and high-bandwidth communication, aiming to facilitate the development of wearable robotic devices. mdpi.com/2076-0825/10/11/289
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Tom Verstraten retweeted
Harvard SEAS@hseas10 Nov 2021
A new approach from @walshharvard and the Harvard Biodesign Lab uses ultrasound measurements of muscle dynamics to customize an exosuit for activity-specific assistance buff.ly/3ogYKcZ
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New @brubotics paper: SMARCOS: Off-the-Shelf Smart Compliant Actuators for Human-Robot Applications by Vincent Ducastel, @VinkLanglois , Marco Rossini, Victor Grosu, @BramVDBorght, Dirk Lefeber, @ProfTomRobotics and @JoostGeeroms mdpi.com/2076-0825/10/11/289

SMARCOS: Off-the-Shelf Smart Compliant Actuators for Human–Robot Applications

With the growing popularity of Human–Robot Interactions, a series of robotic assistive devices have been created over the last decades. However, due to the lack of easily integrable resources, the...

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new @brubotics paper: Improved Motion Classification With an Integrated Multimodal Exoskeleton Interface by Kevin Langlois, Joost Geeroms, Gabriël Van De Velde, @sagan61, @ProfTomRobotics, @BramVDBorght and Dirk Lefeber frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Improved Motion Classification With an Integrated Multimodal Exoskeleton Interface

Human motion intention detection is an essential part of the control of upper-body exoskeletons.While surface electromyography (sEMG)-based systems may be ab...

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New @brubotics @aibrussels paper Autonomous assembly planning of demonstrated skills with reinforcement learning in simulation by Joris De Winter, Ilias El Makrini, Greet Van de Perre, Ann Nowé, @ProfTomRobotics and Bram Vanderborght link.springer.com/article/10…
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Tom Verstraten retweeted
BruBotics VUB@brubotics8 Oct 2021
Frank has built an exoskeleton for his wife, Ingrid. He came over to explain how he did it & to get some feedback from our rehab robot scientists. Impressive work meriting a big 👍👍
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After long period again a physical group meeting of the VUB robotics research group. @brubotics
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Replying to @BramVDBorght
Also very interesting to watch: the "behind the scenes"! youtu.be/EezdinoG4mk
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