2024
Supporting rehabilitation at home: the RehabCoach project published in Suva Medical
RehabCoach is a platform for unsupervised rehabilitation hosted by the ETH RELab. By combining wearable robots with artificial intelligence systems, RehabCoach complements rehabilitation models and improves the continuum of care. The project has been selected twice for funding in a RESC research programme and is now published in Suva Medical.
Roger Gassert and Desiree Beck discuss the new Major in Rehabilitation and Inclusion in the current issue of “at – Aktuelle Technik”
Roger Gassert, professor for rehabilitation engineering at ETH Zurich, and Desiree Beck, project and education manager at RESC, recently had the opportunity to discuss the new Major in Rehabilitation and Inclusion at ETH Zurich, highlighting how it trains students to integrate rehabilitation technology with medicine.
RESC bids farewell to long-standing members and advisors and welcomes new member of the Steering Committee.
Farewell of Prof. Armin Curt and Markus Gautschi as members of the RESC Steering Committee and Advisory Board and welcome of Prof. Patrick Freund to the RESC Steering Committee
RESC welcomes newly elected members Dr. Mohamed Bouri, Prof. Franziska Felder, Prof. Patrick Freund, Prof. Inge Herrmann and Prof. Carla Sabariego
ETH Zurich’s Competence Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science (RESC) is pleased to welcome Mohamed Bouri, Franziska Felder, Patrick Freund, Inge Herrmann and Carla Sabariego as new members.
Team ottobock.X3 at the CYBATHLON 2024
By participating in the Leg Prosthesis Race at CYBATHLON 2024, we showcased the performance of the commercially available prosthesis Ottobock Genium X3 – individually adapted to the pilot’s needs.
National Rehab Congress 2024 – “Reha meets Technology – Technology meets Reha” (RESC Symposium)
The RESC Symposium 2024 took place in the framework of the National Rehabilitation Congress at the Technopark Zürich and was co-organized by the Swiss Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (SGPMR) and RESC.
RESC and Suva awarded research grant to promote outpatient and residential rehabilitation
The ETH RESC – Suva research programme funded two promising projects to strengthen outpatient and residential (near home/workplace) rehabilitation with a focus on people with accident-related injury.
Annual Report 2023
Dive into our achievements and highlights in 2023.
RESC partners with SKAALTEC
ETH Zurich’s Competence Centre for Rehabilitation Engineering and Science (RESC) is partnering with SKAALTEC, an early stage, pre-incorporated spinoff at ETH Zurich pioneering neuroscience-based healthcare solutions, such as the SmartVNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation). SmartVNS seamlessly integrates neurostimulation and wearables, supporting recovery both in the clinic and at home. SmartVNS seeks to transform daily living into cutting-edge neural therapy for faster and more accessible recovery.