This $100,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) supports the development of innovative exoskeleton technologies as next-generation alternatives to traditional ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) for adolescents with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. The awardee, Results Group, LLC, is a small disadvantaged business focused on advanced assistive technologies and rehabilitation devices. Through this grant,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), under the ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research program (CFDA 93.433), provides $100,000.00 to Results Group, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, to expand access to assistive walking devices for child and adolescent patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. The funding will support the development and management of...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $207,611 to the University of Delaware to investigate the potential benefits of customized and biomimetic (nature-inspired) stiffness profiles in passive ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) for improving walking function in healthy individuals and those post-stroke. The research aims to develop an AFO emulator model that can effectively mimic both dual-stiffness and single-stiffness passive...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to develop a semi-active prosthetic ankle-foot system that can automatically adjust stiffness levels to improve balance control for individuals with lower-limb amputations. The $890,340 award will fund a 4-year research project at the University of Texas at Austin to: 1) determine the influence of prosthetic...
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) awarded a $160,000 Project Grant to Domestic Awardees (Undisclosed), a for-profit organization, for the project "PERSONALIZED BIOFEEDBACK AND PROSTHETIC INTERVENTION FOR LOCOMOTOR REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH LOWER LIMB AMPUTATION". The grant, which began on Sep 1, 2023 and is set to be completed by Aug 31, 2024, aims to support research and development focused on improving locomotor...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will support the development and evaluation of a novel Decoupled Energy Storage and Return Variable Stiffness Orthosis (DESR-VSO) device. The $232,230 award, effective December 1, 2024, aims to optimize the balance between foot drop prevention and energy recycling in the DESR-VSO design through testing and...
This $720,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) will develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to assist older adults' mobility and gait ability in real-world ambulation. The project at North Carolina State University aims to design and fabricate a compact, lightweight robotic ankle-foot orthosis to provide powered assistance and enhance ankle...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), aims to develop and evaluate an AI-driven hip exoskeleton control framework that can rapidly tune to a broad range of user movement patterns. The total award amount is $168,596.00, with a project period from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2028. The primary...
This $1,499,872 Project Grant was awarded by the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) to Results Group, LLC, a small disadvantaged business specializing in advanced assistive technologies and rehabilitation devices. The grant supports the development of an exoskeleton-integrated boot system to facilitate longer-term rehabilitation and return to duty for military personnel recovering from lateral ankle sprains. The innovative solution...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $315,578 Project Grant to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from January 2023 through December 2025. The grant funds collaborative research to develop an ankle-foot prosthesis incorporating a bioinspired, high-energy recycling mechanism to improve walking function for persons with lower limb amputations. Specifically, researchers will design and test a semi-active prosthetic...