How can you use technological innovations to help people
with movement limitations? This is the question that is occupying Dr Herman van
der Kooij, Professor of Biomechatronics and Rehabilitation Technology at the
University of Twente and Delft University of Technology. Among other things he
is looking at the development of therapy robots, the measurement of restricted
movement and how to help people with movement. Prof. Van der Kooij will deliver
his inaugural lecture at the University of Twente on 20 September on the
occasion of the acceptance of his professorships at the two universities. In it
he will discuss current and future robotic rehabilitation technologies. “I
believe that a combination of robotic assistance, electrical stimulation and
local medication holds the future.”