CORDIS · 687662 · H2020
SPEXOR Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration
Coordinator: INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN (SI)
Low-back pain is the leading cause of worker absenteeism after the common cold, accounting for 15% of sick leaves and hundreds of millions of lost work days annually [Walking 2.0, Nature, 2015].Most of today's robotic assistive devices are in forms of exoskeletons that augment the motion of legs and arms and neglect the role of spinal column in transferring load from the upper body and arms to the legs. In SPEXOR we will fill this gap and design a novel and revolutionary spinal exoskeleton to prevent low-back pain in able bodied workers and to support workers with low-back pain in vocational …
About Horizon 2020 (2014–2020)
Horizon 2020 was the EU's flagship research and innovation programme for 2014–2020, with a budget of around €77 billion. It bundled FP7's strands with the EIT and the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme, introduced a stronger societal-challenge orientation, and pushed the funding logic toward closer-to-market innovation. New calls closed in 2020 but funded projects continued through 2024.
EU contribution: €4.0M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 4 years from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31.
Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who funds this research project?
- This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon 2020 (2014–2020) programme, under the RIA funding scheme.
- What is the EU contribution?
- The European Commission contributes €4.0M toward a total project budget of €4.0M.
- Which EU programme funds it?
- The project is funded under Horizon 2020 (2014–2020), call H2020-ICT-2015.
- Who coordinates the project?
- The project is coordinated by INSTITUT JOZEF STEFAN (SI).
- What is the project timeline?
- The project runs from 2016-01-01 to 2019-12-31 — approximately 4 years.
- Where can I find the full project record?
- The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 687662.