Abstract

Reports on the Cybathlon event. The goal of the Cybathlon is to drive the development of technical assistance systems for everyday use and promote the inclusion of people with disabilities. Looking at the millions of people who use technical assistance systems in their daily lives, Robert Riener, head of the Professorship for Sensory-​Motor Systems, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, initiated the Cybathlon in 2013. What began as an idea to promote, through a competition, the development of assistance systems for everyday use and the inclusion of people with disabilities has grown to be a powerful communication and exchange platform that interactively showcases the interplay between humans and technology and its potential to remove barriers.

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