The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is partnering with a firm, Portescap, to create robots for people with arm impairment. The Arm Rehabilitation Robot, Arebo, can be used to train individual joint movements in the shoulder and elbow in persons with neurological and musculoskeletal conditions, such as stroke, arthritis, cerebral palsy and Parkinson’s disease
The robot is designed to be connected to either arm of the user.
Portescap is a motion technology firm that origniated in Switzerland and is recognised as an expert in miniature motors and precision motion control solutions. The project is supported by Christian Medical College, Vellore’s CSR.
