About us

Dr. Amalric Ortlieb

• Co-Founder and CTO

• 6 years experience in exoskeleton design

• PHD Mechanical Engineer EPFL

Fabian Bischof

• Co-Founder and CEO

• 7 years experience in healthcare

• Master in Business Administration HSG

EPFL

The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is a world leading university based in Switzerland.

EPFL is the cradle of the AUTONOMYO's technology and is still a strong R&D partner.

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.

FAULHABER

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Pro Infirmis

Pro Infirmis supports people with physical, cognitive and psychological impairment all over Switzerland.

ProInfirmis is supporting the integration of AUTONOMYO in the life of people with disabling conditions.

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Venture Kick

Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs at Swiss universities, to accelerate the time-to-market and to raise the attractiveness of these young companies to professional investors.