Lambercy, Olivier

Short Biography

Olivier Lambercy was born 1982 in Vevey, Switzerland. He studied Microengineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, where he received the MSc degree in 2005. He completed his PhD at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2009, in collaboration with Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada and Imperial College London.

During his PhD, he investigated robot-assisted rehabilitation of hand function after stroke. He participated in the design and development of four dedicated robotic devices for forearm, hand and finger rehabilitation. He also performed several clinical studies using the developed robotic tools on post-stroke subjects in Canada and Singapore, in collaboration with Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

In January 2009, he joined the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab, where he continues his research on robot-assisted hand rehabilitation and the use of haptic devices for medical applications.

Publications

Lambercy, O., Dovat, L., Yun H., Wee S.K., Kuah C., Chua K.S.G., Gassert R., Milner T., Teo C.L. and Burdet E. (2011). Effects of a robot-assisted training of grasp and pronation/supination in chronic stroke: a pilot study. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 8:63.

Metzger, J.-C., Lambercy, O., Chapuis, D. and Gassert, R. (2011). Design and characterization of the ReHapticKnob, a robot for assessment and therapy of hand function, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System (IROS), pages 3074-3080

Lambercy, O., Juárez Robles, A., Kim, Y., and Gassert, R. (2011). Design of a robotic device for assessment and rehabilitation of hand sensory function. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pages 1-6.

Fluet, M.-C., Lambercy, O., and Gassert, R. (2011). Upper limb assessment using a virtual peg insertion test. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pages 1-6 (Best interactive poster award)

L. Dovat, O. Lambercy, B. Salman, V. Johnson, T. Milner, R. Gassert, E. Burdet and Teo, CL. (2010). A technique to train finger coordination and independence after stroke. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. , 5(4):279–287

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, H. Yun, SK. Wee, C. Kuah, K. Chua, R. Gassert, T. Milner, CL. Teo, and E. Burdet. Rehabilitation of grasping and forearm pronation/supination with the Haptic Knob. In. Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotic Rehabilitation (ICORR), pages 22-27, 2009 (Best Presentation Award)

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, H. Yun, SK. Wee, C. Kuah, K. Chua, R. Gassert, T. Milner, E. Burdet, and CL. Teo. Exercises for rehabilitation and assessment of hand motor function with the Haptic Knob. In Proc. of the 2009 i-CREATe, pages 74–78, 2009

L. Dovat, O. Lambercy, R. Gassert, T. Maeder, TE. Milner, CL. Teo and E. Burdet. HandCARE: A Cable-Actuated REhabilitation System to Train Hand Function after Stroke. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), vol 16(6), pages 582–591, 2008.

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, B. Salman, V. Johnson, TE. Milner, R. Gassert, CL. Teo and E. Burdet. Post-stroke Rehabilitation of Forearm Pronation/Supination with the Haptic Knob. In Proceedings of the 2008 i-CREATe, pages 193−196, 2008.

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, R. Gassert, E. Burdet, CL. Teo and TE. Milner. A Haptic Knob for Rehabilitation of Hand Function. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (TNSRE), 15(3):356−366, 2007.

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, V. Johnson, B. Salman, S. Wong, R. Gassert, TE. Milner, CL. Teo and E. Burdet. Development of a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Therapy to train Hand Function for Activities of Daily Living. In Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotic Rehabilitation (ICORR), pages 678−682, 2007.

O. Lambercy, L. Dovat, Y. Ruffieux, R. Gassert, C. Teo, T. Milner, H. Bleuler and E. Burdet. Development of robotic tools for the rehabilitation of hand functions after stroke. In Proceedings of the 2006 CMBEC, 2006.

L. Dovat, O. Lambercy, Y. Ruffieux, D. Chapuis, R. Gassert, H. Bleuler, C. Teo and E. Burdet. A haptic knob for rehabilitation of stroke patients. In Proeedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 977−982, 2006 (Best Application Paper Award).