Driving innovation forward with exoskeleton TWIICE at Cybathlon

Fischer Connectors’ ultralight connectors feature in LSRO’s exoskeleton to race at first Cybathlon.

In partnership with the “Laboratoire de Systèmes Robotiques” (LSRO) of the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), Fischer Connectors has provided its connectivity solutions to a new ultralight exoskeleton designed as a wearable, robotic support to help people with spinal cord injury walk again.

Named TWIICE, the exoskeleton will compete in the world premiere CYBATHLON, a championship for athletes with disabilities to be held in Zurich on 8 October 2016.

At this event, individuals with physical disabilities will compete using the latest assistive technologies. During the powered exoskeleton race, pilots with complete paraplegia will tackle an obstacle course involving typical everyday tasks such as climbing stairs or sitting down on a chair. The challenge for the pilots will be to guide the exoskeleton into correctly performing the movements as quickly as possible.