About us

Dr. Amalric Ortlieb

• Co-Founder

• 6 years experience in exoskeleton design

• PHD Mechanical Engineer EPFL

Fabian Bischof

• Co-Founder

• 7 years experience in healthcare

• Master in Business Administration HSG

REHAssist

The research group Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics –REHAssist– is headed up by Dr Mohamed Bouri and is affiliated to the Laboratory of Biorobotics (BIOROB) and the Laboratory of Translational Neural Engineering (TNE) at EFPL.

BIOROB

Directed by Professor Auke Ijspeert, the laboratory of biorobotics at EPFL works on the computational aspects of locomotion control, sensorimotor coordination, and learning in animals and in robots.

CHUV

Lausanne University Hospital is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland. The CHUV is renowned for its academic achievements in health care, research, and teaching.

AUTONOMYO is working with the department of neuroscience to further develop and validate its technology.

FAULHABER

FAULHABER offers the largest consolidated portfolio of miniature and micro drive technologies available in the world today.

FAULHABER and AUTONOMYO work jointly to develop the assistive technologies of tomorrow.

MySpace Lab

MySpace Lab is a research laboratory from the University of Lausanne specialised in the study of neuroscience. MySpace Lab supports AUTONOMYO and its implications with the CHUV hospital.

Human Brain Project

The Human Brain Project acts as a framework for the development of research in the realms of neuroscience, computing, and brain-related medicine.

The Human Brain Project finances our discovery of neurological patients for understanding and simulating effects of symptoms in functional mobility through a research grant.

Alpine Intuition

Alpine Intuition is an expert in the Artificial Intelligence environment, assisting and providing services to companies that implement AI in their projects. Alpine Intuition is a partner of AUTONOMYO in the Human Brain Project.

STRAIGHTWALK

StraightWalk is a global advisory company and investment firm in the domain of human robotics and wearable exoskeleton.

With strong market expertise and a global network, StraightWalk helps startups and large corporates to commervialize and grow.

ORTHO REHA WALLNER

ORTHO REHA WALLNER offers tailored orthetic solutions as well as innovative assistance technologies. Ortho-reha Wallner uses its experience in the field of orthopedics as a basis to interface the user and his/her exoskeleton in a comfortable and ergonomic way.

ASRIMM

Social association to help people affected by neuromuscular diseases.

ASRIMM is the initiator of the AUTONOMYO project and the main contributor to the early financing with FSRMM.

FSRMM

Foundation for the support of research on neuromuscular diseases.

FSRMM is the other main contributor to the early financing of AUTONOMYO with ASRIMM.

Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Society

The Swiss MS Society supports people suffering from multiple sclerosis regarding social and research aspects.

The Swiss MS Society supports the first clinical trial of AUTONOMYO on people with multiple sclerosis.

FIT

The Foundation for Technological Innovation enhances innovation by providing grants and support to technology startups. FIT provided AUTONOMYO with a grant to develop our technology further, including clinical aspects and proof of concept.