User-centered development framework for wearable robotics
We are designing a user-centered development framework for wearable robotic assistive technologies, based on user experience research, intensified stakeholder involvement and a toolbox for the selection of standardized measures that consider the context of usage.
Jan Thomas Meyer started his PhD at the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory in January 2019. His research focuses on the development and application of user-centred design approaches for assistive technologies and is supported by the external pageVontobel-Stiftung. He is particularly interested in improving the user experience and target population involvement in the development of devices for people with sensorimotor deficits.
Jan was born in Schwyz, SZ and received his BSc and MSc in Health Science and Technology from the ETH in 2015 and 2017 respectively. His education was focused on rehabilitation engineering and translational science for health and medicine. Over the course of his studies, Jan was able to gather experience on the applications and testing of numerous upper and lower extremity wearable robots. In 2017, he joined the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard University for a practical internship in soft robotics development and evaluation on patients with neuromuscular disorders and spinal cord injuries. For his work on the physical user interface of the VariLeg powered exoskeleton for paraplegic users, he received the ETH Medal for outstanding master theses.