Benjamin Filtjens Human Movement Intelligence

Research project

AidWear

Transferring movement learning to AI-controlled prostheses for challenging Cybathlon mobility tasks.

Research Collaboration Rehabilitation and assistive technologyLearning from human movement
Role
Co-Investigator
Award / reference year
2023
Funders
Belgian Federal Public Service Policy and Support (BOSA)
Synthetic walking models and a healthy participant feed an AI network that transfers learning to a user with a powered leg prosthesis on a Cybathlon-inspired course with uneven ground, ramps, stairs and balance obstacles.

Learning from synthetic data and healthy participants to support AI-controlled prostheses on challenging mobility tasks. Conceptual illustration inspired by the Cybathlon.

Illustration developed for AidWear ยท View full-size image โ†—

Movement data from prosthesis users are difficult to collect. AidWear aims to develop an AI-controlled prosthesis that helps users perform better on the challenging Cybathlon course. Our research explores learning from synthetic data and healthy participants, then transferring those models to prosthesis users.

HERMES is an output of AidWear. It connects synchronized multimodal sensing, real-time AI inference and closed-loop intervention, providing an open-source foundation for developing and testing intelligent assistive control.

Related work

Publications

2026

Preprint

HERMES: A Unified Open-Source Framework for Realtime Multimodal Physiological Sensing, Edge AI, and Intervention in Closed-Loop Smart Healthcare Applications

Yudayev M, Carlon J, Lamsal D, Stefanova V, Filtjens B

arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12610, 2026

Citation

Yudayev M, Carlon J, Lamsal D, Stefanova V, Filtjens B (2026). HERMES: A Unified Open-Source Framework for Realtime Multimodal Physiological Sensing, Edge AI, and Intervention in Closed-Loop Smart Healthcare Applications. arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.12610, 2026. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2601.12610