#Cybathlon
Let the Mind-Control Games Begin! “Every four years at the Cybathlon, teams of researchers and technology “pilots” compete to see whose brain-computer interface holds the most promise.”

How to accelerate innovation … fascinating..

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Let the Mind-Control Games Begin!
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November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Terrific, moving story about the Cybathlon, a competition held every four years to test the latest brain-computer interface technologies: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/s...
Let the Mind-Control Games Begin!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
At the Cybathlon, May the Best Brain‑Computer Interface Win

What the Cybathlon Is All About
Every four years, the Cybathlon brings together cutting‑edge research teams and skilled “pilots” who control assistive devices solely with their thoughts. The event serves as a global showcase for b
At the Cybathlon, May the Best Brain‑Computer Interface Win
Every four years, the Cybathlon brings together cutting‑edge research teams and skilled “pilots” who control assistive devices solely with their thoughts. The
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November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A new #ScienceRobotics Focus article describes the design of the Omnia bionic leg with semi-powered knee and ankle, which helped the Rehab Tech team clinch first place at the 2024 Cybathlon leg prosthesis race. https://scim.ag/3J71Xuj
The Omnia bionic leg with a semipowered knee and ankle wins the Cybathlon 2024 leg prosthesis race
Rehab Tech’s Omnia prosthesis excelled at Cybathlon, showcasing advanced lower-limb prostheses and user-centered innovation.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bionic leg’s pilot performance spotlights its technology and the role of teamwork

The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at the Istituto…
Bionic leg’s pilot performance spotlights its technology and the role of teamwork
The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia by the joint Rehab Technologies IIT-INAIL Lab coordinated by Matteo Laffranchi. Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia/Cybathlon One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Bionic leg’s pilot performance spotlights its technology and the role of teamwork

The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at the Istituto…
Bionic leg’s pilot performance spotlights its technology and the role of teamwork
The Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race at Cybathlon 2024. The Omnia prosthesis was developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia by the joint Rehab Technologies IIT-INAIL Lab coordinated by Matteo Laffranchi. Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia/Cybathlon One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Omnia bionic leg, featuring motorized knee and ankle components, demonstrated advanced adaptability and user-centered design during its debut at Cybathlon 2024. doi.org/g98mph
Bionic leg's pilot performance spotlights its technology and the role of teamwork
One year after the international Cybathlon 2024 competition, an Italian team has published a focus article in Science Robotics on the Omnia bionic leg, which took first place in the leg prosthesis race.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
L'#ISIR organise la projection d'un documentaire qui retrace 5 ans de travail collectif autour d’un défi unique : concevoir un bras prothétique pour participer au Cybathlon 🦾
🗓️ jeudi 23 octobre à 18h
📍 Paris 5e
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September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Patrick Pfreundschuh, Giovanni Cioffi, Cornelius von Einem, Alexander Wyss, Hans Wernher van de Venn, Cesar Cadena, Davide Scaramuzza, ...
Sight Guide: A Wearable Assistive Perception and Navigation System for the Vision Assistance Race in the Cybathlon 2024
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02676
June 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Sight Guide achieved a 95.7% task success rate, and further demonstrated its effectiveness during the Cybathlon competition. This work provides detailed insights into the system design, evaluation results, and lessons learned, and outlines directions [5/6 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02676v1]
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
accelerate the development and evaluate the state of technologies that enable visually impaired people to solve these tasks, the Vision Assistance Race (VIS) at the Cybathlon 2024 competition was organized. In this work, we present Sight Guide, a [2/6 of https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02676v1]
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Patrick Pfreundschuh, et al.: Sight Guide: A Wearable Assistive Perception and Navigation System for the Vision Assistance Race in the Cybathlon 2024 https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02676 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.02676 https://arxiv.org/html/2506.02676
June 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We're excited for the premiere of The Road to Cybathlon, a mini-documentary about BLINCdev's journey to the 2024 Cybathlon competition and the amazing performance of our team's pilot Chris Neilson.
May 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Osaka Team wins Special Award at Cybathlon: The Tech and Ideals Inspiring a Compact Wheelchair

https://www.alojapan.com/1261955/osaka-team-wins-special-award-at-cybathlon-the-tech-and-ideals-inspiring-a-compact-wheelchair-2/

The third Cybathlon took place in late 2024, bringing together …
Osaka Team wins Special Award at Cybathlon: The Tech and Ideals Inspiring a Compact Wheelchair
The third Cybathlon took place in late 2024, bringing together technology-development teams from around the world in competitions featuring their devices to assist people with disabilities. A look at some of the promising tech on display and a Japanese team’s success in the wheelchair competition. Competing Through Robotics Cybathlon is an engineering- and robotics-focused competition held by the Swiss university ETH Zürich every four years since 2016. Its name is a coinage combining the mechanical engineering term cyber with the competitive suffix –athlon. People with disabilities compete as pilots for assistive equipment incorporating robotics technology to earn points by performing
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April 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Osaka Team wins Special Award at Cybathlon: The Tech and Ideals Inspiring a Compact Wheelchair

https://www.alojapan.com/1261924/osaka-team-wins-special-award-at-cybathlon-the-tech-and-ideals-inspiring-a-compact-wheelchair/

The third Cybathlon took place in late 2024, bringing together …
Osaka Team wins Special Award at Cybathlon: The Tech and Ideals Inspiring a Compact Wheelchair
The third Cybathlon took place in late 2024, bringing together technology-development teams from around the world in competitions featuring their devices to assist people with disabilities. A look at some of the promising tech on display and a Japanese team’s success in the wheelchair competition. Competing Through Robotics Cybathlon is an engineering- and robotics-focused competition held by the Swiss university ETH Zürich every four years since 2016. Its name is a coinage combining the mechanical engineering term cyber with the competitive suffix –athlon. People with disabilities compete as pilots for assistive equipment incorporating robotics technology to earn points by performing
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April 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hybrid performances in sport: Cybathlon spectatorship for critically imagining technologies for disability futures

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Hybrid performances in sport: Cybathlon spectatorship for critically imagining technologies for disability futures
Disabled bodies have been historically marginalised in sporting arenas and spectacles. Assistive technologies have been increasingly featuring in, and changing, sporting landscapes. In some ways recen...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Cos'è la Cybathlon? E' la nuova frontiera dello sport paralimpico. A parlarne è stato il Panathlon Malpensa insieme a ad esperti di disabilità e attività sportiva. Su @malpensa24
Il Panathlon alla scoperta della Cybathlon, nuova frontiera dello sport paralimpico
La nuova frontiera dello sport paralimpico? La Cybathlon. A scoprire questa disciplina super tecnologizzata è stato chiamato il Panathlon Club La Malpensa del presidente Sergio La Torre. Panathlon LaM...
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April 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In the field of BCI tech, The MIRAGE91 team continues to push boundaries! The team shares their experiences preparing for CYBATHLON 2024, where they tackled complex real-life-inspired challenges using BCIs to enhance independence for individuals with motor impairments. bci.plus/the-journey-...
The Journey of Mirage91 at Cybathlon 2024
This blog post details the experiences of the MIRAGE91 team during the Cybathlon competition.
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March 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This paper presents the HANDSON hand’s design, core technologies, training strategies, and competition performance, offering insights for advancing multifunctional prosthetic hands to tackle real-world challenges in the Arm Prosthesis Race at CYBATHLON 2024. shorturl.at/p0EKJ
HANDSON Hand: Strategies and Approaches for Competitive Success at CYBATHLON 2024
A significant number of people with disabilities rely on assistive devices, yet these technologies often face limitations, including restricted functionality, inadequate user-centered design, and a la...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“Robotic limbs are increasingly common, but here the difference is that AI is critical for connecting the person with their robot arm,” says Patrick Pilarski, team manager of @blinclab.bsky.social which participated in the CYBATHLON 2024 Arm Prosthesis Race.
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Video Spotlight: Smart prosthetic connects the digital and the physical
YouTube video by UniversityofAlberta
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March 5, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Team OptiHeroes proudly competed in the CYBATHLON 2024 Vision Assistance Race, showcasing their innovative assistive tech. They developed a smartphone-based object recognition tool and the Rolling Cane, equipped with ultrasonic sensors and vibration feedback. shorturl.at/Bnehs
MCI at CYBATHLON 2024: Team “OptiHeroes” in the Competition of Innovation
Vision Assistance Race Team OptiHeroes were delighted to compete at CYABATHLON 2024 in Switzerland.
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March 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Insbesondere für Menschen mit Behinderungen sind Assistenztechnologien eine grosse Hilfe – und das Zusammenspiel zwischen Menschen und Technik wird immer ausgefeilter. Hier ein Einblick von Roland Sigrist, Co-Leiter, CYBATHLON ETH Zürich.
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Inklusion durch Innovation: das Potenzial moderner Assistenztechnologien
Insbesondere für Menschen mit Behinderungen sind Assistenztechnologien eine grosse Hilfe – und das Zusammenspiel zwischen Mensch und Technik wird immer ausgefeilter. Ein Einblick.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
BBC Click takes you behind the scenes to explore cutting-edge assistive technologies, featuring three pilots from the Cybathlon 2024.

Watch here:
Inside Cybathlon 2024 - the Olympics for assistive technology | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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January 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🎬 The spotlight is on our very own Salomé Nashed in a new video report by the BBC!
Covering the 2024 #Cybathlon competition, it follows ISIR's A-Eye project, piloted by Salomé.
Watch her prepare for the Vision Assistance Race, for which A-Eye won the silver medal! 👏
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Inside Cybathlon 2024 - the Olympics for assistive technology | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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January 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM