Legacies

MARCH VIII (2022-2023)

Name: MARCH VIII exoskeleton, Hennie

Pilot: Koen

Teamgoal: Make a self-balancing exoskeleton allowing the pilot to walk without crutches

New innovations: Torque control, model predictive control, pressure soles, the IMU (Inertial Measuring Unit), improved joints and improved embedded system. 

MARCH VII (2021-2022)

Name: MARCH VII exoskeleton, Guusje

Pilot: Koen

Teamgoal: Making the exoskeleton walk fully dynamically and making it user-friendly

New innovations: Click-on shoes, depth cameras, live gait generation, pressure soles, improved translational joints, splash proof, improved power distribution board, EEG  

MARCH VI 2020-2021

Name: MARCH VI exoskeleton, Fred

Pilot: Koen

Teamgoal: To develop an exoskeleton with which the pilot can dynamically navigate a predetermined route with obstacles through Delft.

New innovations: RealSense cameras, live gait generation, robust exoskeleton, hinge for ease access, improved joints and optimized PDB, reduced frame weight, pressure soles, different fixtures 

MARCH V (2019-2020)

Name: MARCH V(c) exoskeleton, Ivi

Pilot: Sjaan

Teamgoal: Win the Cybathlon 2020

New innovations: based on the MARCH IV exoskeleton and improved  to complete the obstacles at the Cybathlon 2020, splashproof, different upper leg fixtures

MARCH IV (2018-2019)

Name:  MARCH IV exoskeleton, Sammy

Pilot: Sjaan

Teamgoal: Win the Cybathlon experience 2019

New innovations: New joint (HAA, hip abduction/adduction), pressure soles, improved fixtures

MARCH III (2017-2018)

Name: MARCH III exoskeleton

Pilot: Sjaan

Teamgoal: Win the Cybathlon experience 2018

New innovations: ADPF (ankle dorsi/plantar flexion)

MARCH II (2016-2017)

Name: MARCH II exoskeleton

Pilot: Ruben

Teamgoal: Win the Cybathlon experience 2017

New innovations: they went back to the basics, creating an MVP (Minimal Viable Product). This means that only the most essential components are included in the exoskeleton to maintain its core functions: walking, standing up, sitting, ascending/descending slopes, and climbing stairs. Other new innovations include HFE (hip flexion extension) and KFE (knee flexion extension), as well as 4 DoF (degrees of freedom)

MARCH I (2015-2016)

Name: MARCH I exoskeleton

Pilot: Claudia

Teamgoal: Win the Cybathlon 2016

Based on the mindwalker