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CYBATHLON 2020
Manage episode 276262997 series 2466837
Joachim Schoss talks about such a moment when he had a horrible motorcycle accident. He lost his arm and shoulder as well as a part of his leg 18 years ago. Joachim is the president of Myhandycap, a Foundation for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, and he is also an ambassador of the Cybathlon. ETH-Robotics Professor Robert Riener joins the Cybathlon-Episode of the ETH-Podcast and talks about how he came up with the idea of a competition for people with physical disabilities and how the competition fuels scientific progress.
More information on the CYBATHLON: https://cybathlon.ethz.ch/de
More on the Sensory-Motor Systems lab: https://sms.hest.ethz.ch/the-group/team/robert-riener.html
More on the foundation MyHandicap: https://www.myhandicap.de/myhandicap/international/joachim-schoss/
ETH news article "Brain game": https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2020/04/gamen-mit-hirn.html
ETH podcast "Steering a car with thought" (episode 17): https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/podcast.html
ETH Podcasts are roduced by This Wachter's Audio Story Lab and Jennifer Khakshouri. Music, Sound Design and Mastering by Luki Fretz.
70 episodes
Manage episode 276262997 series 2466837
Joachim Schoss talks about such a moment when he had a horrible motorcycle accident. He lost his arm and shoulder as well as a part of his leg 18 years ago. Joachim is the president of Myhandycap, a Foundation for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses, and he is also an ambassador of the Cybathlon. ETH-Robotics Professor Robert Riener joins the Cybathlon-Episode of the ETH-Podcast and talks about how he came up with the idea of a competition for people with physical disabilities and how the competition fuels scientific progress.
More information on the CYBATHLON: https://cybathlon.ethz.ch/de
More on the Sensory-Motor Systems lab: https://sms.hest.ethz.ch/the-group/team/robert-riener.html
More on the foundation MyHandicap: https://www.myhandicap.de/myhandicap/international/joachim-schoss/
ETH news article "Brain game": https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstaltungen/eth-news/news/2020/04/gamen-mit-hirn.html
ETH podcast "Steering a car with thought" (episode 17): https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/podcast.html
ETH Podcasts are roduced by This Wachter's Audio Story Lab and Jennifer Khakshouri. Music, Sound Design and Mastering by Luki Fretz.
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