Do you know what is Cybathlon?
Q. Where is the world’s first Cybathlon being held?- Published on 05 Oct 16a. Zurich
b. London
c. New York
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Zurich
Athletes with robotic prostheses from across the globe will gather in Zurich to be part of the world’s first Cybathlon
- They will compete across the a number of disciplines to test latest assistive technologies
- Races are there for powered wheelchairs and exoskeletons.
- There's a competition to complete a set of tasks with a robotic arm, and a similar one for robotic legs.
- The cycling race only allows for pedalling by the artificial stimulation of motor nerves.
- The most fascinating one is the Brain Computer Interface race where athletes paralysed from neck down play a game using electrodes connected to the brain; the specially created game involves using avatars to score points
- The Cybathlon has been thought of by Robert Riener, a professor of Sensory-Motor Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
- "We want to motivate developers to create technologies that provide real support to people in daily life," he explains.
- The Paralympics forbids the use of assistive technologies unlike the Cybathlon
