Martijn Wessels
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44
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About
Martijn Wessels is a researcher at the forefront of rehabilitation robotics and human-robot interaction, with a primary focus on restoring upper limb function after neurological injury. His most impactful work centers on the development of wearable robotic orthoses for home-based stroke rehabilitation. His landmark paper, "Combined active wrist and hand orthosis for home use: Lessons learned" (2015, 38 citations), details the design and deployment of the SCRIPT Active Orthosis Iteration 3 (SAO-i3), a device specifically engineered to address the critical loss of hand function that severely diminishes quality of life in stroke survivors. Beyond rehabilitation, Wessels has contributed to the safe application of robots in clinical neurology, developing methods to evaluate parallel robots for precise, safe interaction during Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). He has also advanced the field of intuitive robot control by creating a Bayesian network model that predicts anthropomorphic arm trajectories from simple wrist position inputs, enabling more natural human-robot collaboration. Through these contributions, Wessels is bridging the gap between sophisticated robotic hardware and the practical, real-world needs of patients and clinicians.
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- 1Combined active wrist and hand orthosis for home use: Lessons learned38 citations · 2015
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