Biomechanics and Ergonomics

Antonio Pérez, Margarita Vergara, Raquel Lázaro and Carlos Gonell attended the 14th Congress of the Spanish Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics, where they presented 6 papers.

(Sep-2025)

Raquel Lázaro and Alba Roda presented two posters and an oral presentation at the 20th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, held in Barcelona from September 3 to 5.

(Jul-2025)

Marta Mora  and José Vicente García attended the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB 2025) congress in Stockholm, presenting two contributions.

(Jul-2025)

Alba Roda and Imma Llop attended the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB 2025) congress in Stockholm, presenting three papers and Imma Llop acting as chair in one session.

(Jun-2025)

Margarita Vergara, Antonio Pérez, and Verónica Gracia visited the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI), leaded by professor Lorenzo Massia, where they were able to see the exoskeleton prototypes developed in his laboratory and discuss possible future collaborations.

[INTER-HAND]

Enhancement of the interaction and user experience with affordable hand prostheses through artificial intelligence and extended reality

[PREDATOR]

Prehospital Rapid Endovascular Device for Aortic Temporal Occlusion Resuscitation

[HANDPRO]

Design, evaluation and optimization of low-cost upper limb prostheses

[EXOREHAB-USABILITY]

Usability and cognitive load of hand rehabilitation virtual therapies with and without exoskeletons

[EXOMANO]

Application of hand exoskeletons in rehabilitation and patient care.

[EXOHANDBENCH]

Towards a benchmark for the holistic assessment of assistive hand exoskeletons in activities of daily living.

[MORPHO-HAND 3D]

Morphological characterization of human hand using 3D scanning techniques.

[HMI-HAND]

Development of hand prosthesis control systems using non-invasive human-machine interfaces.

[UNIQUE-HAND]

Development of benchmarks for the experimental evaluation of artificial hands. Application to the design of better robotic and prosthetic hands.

• "Margarita Salas" grants for the training of young doctors. If you have recently obtained your doctorate and want to join our Biomechanics and Ergonomics group with a postdoctoral contract, contact us.
• "María Zambrano" grants to attract international talent, until September 3, 2021. If you have been a doctor for at least two years and currently you are carrying out research out of Spain related to the group lines, you can enjoy a training stay in our group, with remuneration of 4,000 € gross per month. If you are interested, contact us.
• Collaboration grants of the Spanish Ministry for students enrolled in the last year of an undergraduate programme or first year of a master. Open during first two weeks of September.
• Pre-doctoral grants for graduate students, to develop a doctoral thesis.
• Grants and contracts for post-doctoral students
• Ramón y Cajal and Juan de la Cierva Fellowships
• Marie Curie Individual Fellowship

If you are interested, please  contact with us.

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