CYBATHLON

For a world without barriers.

CYBATHLON Challenges 2023

We are excited to announce that the second CYBATHLON Challenges will take place from 29 - 30 March 2023! Teams are invited to compete and showcase their current technology and the pilot’s skills in two selected tasks of their discipline of the CYBATHLON 2024 Races & Rules.

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The final Races and Rules 2024 are published!

After the first version and an intensive exchange with the teams, the final version of the rulebook has now been published.

Races and Rules 2024

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Featured Discipline: Vision Assistance Race

First time ever in the CYBATHLON competition the Vision Assistance Race. The competition tasks will include elements of spatial orientation and personal mobility, such as boarding and leaving a public bus, which must be tackled under a time constraint. Pilots have to be able to recongnise the context of a task and avoid obstacles. Some of the competition tasks will contain dynamic elements to which the pilots have to react.

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Latest News: CYBATHLON: Pushing the Limits for a World without Barriers

People with disabilities face variety of challenges in their daily lives leading to different types of mental and physical barriers. Assistive technologies can help them overcome many of such barriers. However, there are still barriers in accessing these technologies. CYBATHLON bridges the gap between people with disabilities and the research and development teams involved in designing and producing assistive technologies by bringing them together for CYBATHLON competitions and challenges to overcome the existing barriers.

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New Video: Prosthetic Arms Are Becoming Smarter and More Customised

From sensing residual muscle activity to implanting electrodes in the muscles to enhance signals and provide sensory feedback, arm prostheses are becoming more precise and versatile. 3D printing and new materials are reducing the weight and cost of prostheses. What’s next? Join our teams on the Road to 2024 and help revolutionise prosthetics.

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Open Position: CYBATHLON Competition Manager & Science Manager

The CYBATHLON team is looking for a Competition Manager and Science Manager (80%). You will complement our Competition team in developing and managing the CYBATHLON disciplines and races. Furthermore, you will drive and coordinate the scientific analysis and publication of scientific papers among the CYBATHLON disciplines.

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Four months to go until our next CYBATHLON Challenges! For the first time, we’ll have assistant robots lining up to take on our course.

Got a robot that’s good at cleaning up? Register your team now: http://bit.ly/3ELRVIv

#AssistiveTechnology #MovingPeopleAndTechnology #cybathlon #ForAWorldWithoutBarriers #robotics

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1 day ago

Paralympic sprinter John McFall has made history as the world’s first para-astronaut. His mission? To pioneer assistive tech that could enable astronauts with disabilities to travel into space 🌔 🚀

#AssistiveTechnology #cybathlon @esa https://t.co/9v0jxzrFyY

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1 day ago

John McFall just made history. Recruited by the European Space Agency, the British Paralympian will help to pioneer adaptive tech so astronauts with disabilities can travel into space 🌔

#ESA #JohnMcFall #AssistiveTechnology #cybathlon #ForAWorldWithoutBarriers