Considering the current COVID-19 situation, the organizing committee has decided to reshape WeRob and WeaRAcon Europe 2020. You will be offered two options: in-person attendance and virtual attendance. In the virtual format, you will be able to access the talks and demonstrations, as well as attend business meeting and easily connect with the key people.

For this reason, the contributions submission deadline has been extended until 31st of July. All contributions will be peer reviewed and accepted contributions will appear in Conference Proceedings.

WeRob2020, WeRACon Europe 2020 and ICNR2020 are proud to join this year to create a premier European Conference on Wearable Robotics and Neuro-Rehabilitation. We are looking forward to meet you in this promissing new edition.

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CFP of WeROB 2020

– WRs in rehabilitation and assistance: Stroke
– WRs in rehabilitation and assistance: SCI
– Soft WR and exosuits
– (Neural) Interfacing with WRs
– ELSE (Ethics, Legal & Socio-economic) aspects in WRs
– The regulatory framework in WRs
– Neuromechanics and WRs

SPECIAL SESSIONS
WeR1. What should we expect from passive exoskeletons?
Organizers: Maziar Ahamd Sharbafi and Andre Seyfarth

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WeR2. Balance recovery support using wearable robotic devices

Organizers: Edwin van Asseldonk and Cristina Bayón (University of Twente)

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WeR3. Active Life with Prosthesis

Organizers: Shintaro Oyama (Nagoya Univ.) and Shingo Shimoda (RIKEN)

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WeR4. Legislation, safety and performance: regulatory aspects in wearable robots

Organizers: Jan Veneman (Hocoma AG, Switzerland; MC Chair of COST Action 16116) and Gerdienke Prange / Leendert Schaake (Roessingh Research and Development, The Netherlands)

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WeR5. The testing of industrial exoskeletons

Organizers: Michiel de Looze (TNO) and Jawad Massood (CTAG).

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WeR6. Evidenced-based Indications/Contraindications for and Potential Benefits of Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury

Organizers: Ann M. Spungen, EdD, Peter Gorman, MD MS, and Gail Forrest, PhD

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WeR7. Neuromechanical Modelling and Control for Wearable Robots: Enhancing Movement after Neuromuscular Injuries

Organizers: Guillaume Durandau and Massimo Sartori (University of Twente)

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WeR8. Toward Efficient Human-Exoskeleton Symbiosis

Organizers: Juan C. Moreno (Neural Rehabilitation Group. Cajal Institute. Madrid, Spain) and Samer Mohammed (University of Paris-Est Créteil, UPEC, France)

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WeR9. Soft wearable robots for health and industry

Organizers: Conor Walsh (SEAS Harvard), Jesús Ortiz (IIT-ADVR) and Richard Nuckols (SEAS Harvard)

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WeR10. Musculoskeletal modelling to evaluate and optimize performance of wearable robotic devices
Organizers: Maarten Afschrift, Friedl De Groote, Sam van Rossom
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WeR11. Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence applied to Wearable Technologies and Ergonomics

Organizers: Angel Dacal (Factory of the Future Area Responsible, CTAG, Automotive Technology Center of Galicia) and Barbara Andreon (Lead Researcher and Innovation, Wear Health).

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WeR12. Exoskeletons in Industry 4.0: open challenges and perspectives

Organizers: Simona Crea, PhD (The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) and Marco Gazzoni, PhD (Politecnico di Torino).

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