THAILAND ACTIVITIES

Day 1 (Mon, 23rd Jun 2025): Pre-workshop

  • Tour at rehabilitation centre and hospital in Bangkok

Faculty of Sports Science, Chulalongkorn University

  • Gait laboratory
  • Hydrodynamic pool
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Balance station

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University

Day 2 (Tue, 24th Jun 2025): Research Talk and Networking Symposium

Day 3 (Wed, 25th Jun 2025): VISTEC introduction and lab tour

Day 4 (Thu, 26th Jun 2025): Co-design day

  • State-of-the-art exoskeleton and future vision
  • AI for healthcare
  • Physical AI

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UK ACTIVITIES

Day 1-3 (Wed, 13rd -Fri, 15th Aug 2025): Co-development and prototype development and initial testing

Day 4 (Mon, 18th Aug 2025):

Research visit at Imperial College, White City Campus, London.

10:00 – 10:15Arrival and Welcome at White City
10:15 – 11:00Laboratory Tour
11:00 – 12:00Demonstrations/Short talks
12:00 – 12:30Meeting with Visitors/VIVO
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and Informal Discussions

Research visit at London South Bank University, London

14:30 – 17:30 (Optional)Visit at Mechanical Intelligence Lab at London South Bank University, led by Dr. Hamed Rajabi

Day 5 (Tue, 19th Aug 2025): (TBC) Research visit at University of Bath, Dr Uriel Martinez Hernandez’s lab

Day 6 (Wed, 20th Aug 2025): VISTEC team at Bristol Robotics Laboratory

Day 7 (Thu, 21st Aug 2025): HEART Research talk event at Bristol Robotics Laboratory

HEART Event Booklet – August 2025 (digital)Download

Day 8 (Fri, 22nd Aug 2025): Conclusion

List of professional specialist by topics:

  • Exoskeleton:
    • Assistive and rehabilitative exoskeletons
      • Dr. Jesus Ortiz, Head of XoLab, Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Italy
      • Assoc. Prof. Xiaofeng Xiong, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
    • Exoskeleton for rehabilitation and assistance:
      • Dr. Rejin John Varghese, Imperial College (White City Campus)
    • Hybrid motor-and-pneumatic-driven exoskeleton
      • Dr. Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
    • Biomechanical structure for exoskeletons
      • Dr. Hamed Rajabi, London South Bank University, UK
  • Soft robotics, artificial muscles, cognitive ergonomics and neuroergonomics, and wearable technologies:
    • VIVO Hub research team, University of Bristol, UK
    • Prof. Giacinto Barresi, University of the West of England, UK
  • Embodied artificial intelligence and machine learning for adaptive exoskeleton control:
    • Prof. Poramate Manoonpong, School of Information Science and Technology, VISTEC, Thailand
    • Dr. Chaicharn Akkawutvanich, School of Information Science and Technology, VISTEC, Thailand
  • Neurorehabilitation Engineering:
    • Prof. Dario Farina, Imperial College (White City Campus)
  • Smart Transducers:
    • Dr. Majid Taghavi, Imperial College (White City Campus)
  • Biomechanical measurements, human model simulation & prediction, and motion analysis:
    • Assoc. Prof. Uriel Martinez Hernandez, University of Bath
  • Physiotherapists and clinical research:
    • Stroke rehabilitation
      • Assoc. Prof. Praveen Kumar, University of the West of England, UK
    • Assistive Technology for Sports Science
      • Assoc. Prof. Chaipat Lawsirirat, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand