Periodic Reporting for period 3 - SPEXOR (Spinal Exoskeletal Robot for Low Back Pain Prevention and Vocational Reintegration)

Low-back pain is the leading cause of worker absenteeism after the common cold, accounting for 15% of sick leaves and hundreds of millions of lost work days annually. Most of today’s robotic assistive devices are in forms of exoskeletons that augment the motion of legs and...