Roger Gassert
Full Professor
Leads the Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, building robotic devices for neurorehabilitation and minimally supervised therapy after stroke.
Roger Gassert's lab at ETH Zurich works on human-robot interaction & assistive robots. 92 papers since 2023, mostly npj Digital Medicine. 15 PhD students. 37 alumni.
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 24/ year
- at T1 venues
- 0%
- PhD students
- 15
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 37
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 16 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 18 papers2025 · T1 0
- 31 papers2024 · T1 0
- 27 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: npj Digital Medicine
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- rehabilitation17 papers
- Human-robot interaction & assistive robots13 papers
- therapy8 papers
- supervised2 papers
- health sciences0 papers
Paper list
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202616 papers
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationClosed-loop movement-paired transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for upper-limb rehabilitation: a feasibility study (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Medical Internet ResearchCorrection: From Metrics to Meaning in Neurological Rehabilitation: Clinicians' Perspectives on Digital Metrics of Upper Limb Functioning-A Focus Group Study (opens in a new tab)
- Neurophysiologie CliniqueDBS-neurofeedback of beta-activity in Parkinson's disease: Evidence for differential control from a pooled intra-individual analysis (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and BionicsDifferentiable Biomechanics for Markerless Motion Capture in Upper Limb Stroke Rehabilitation: A Comparison With Optical Motion Capture (opens in a new tab)
- JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologiesDigital Platform to Provide Health Data Feedback for Neurorehabilitation Patients: User-Centered Development and Proof-of-Concept Usability Study (opens in a new tab)
- NeuroscienceExplorative investigation on effects of multi-day neurofeedback with implanted electrodes in patients with Parkinson's disease (opens in a new tab)
- JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologiesFrom Metrics to Meaning in Neurological Rehabilitation: Clinicians' Perspectives on Digital Metrics of Upper Limb Functioning-A Focus Group Study (opens in a new tab)
- Science AdvancesMerging neural stimulation and exoskeletons to enhance sensorimotor hand functions after brain or spinal cord injury (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE Open Journal of Engineering in Medicine and BiologyMonitoring of Upper-Limb Functional Movements After Stroke: Optimizing Threshold-Based Detection with Inertial Measurement Units (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationNetwork-oriented neurorehabilitation after stroke: a paradigmatic approach (opens in a new tab)
- Imaging NeuroscienceNeural correlates of kinematic features of passive finger movement revealed by univariate and multivariate fMRI analyses (opens in a new tab)
- MaterialsProfiled Wet Spinning of Polyurethane Composites for Soft Dry Electrodes in Transcutaneous Stimulation Applications (opens in a new tab)
202518 papers
- IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR ), Chicago, IL, USAArm Activity Feedback for Stroke Survivors - A User Needs Analysis for the Design of a Mobile Application (opens in a new tab)
- ETH Learning and Teaching JournalAssessing students' motivation, learning, and skill transferability in a real-world project: Insights from the ETH Assistive Technology Challenge (opens in a new tab)
- NeuroImage: ClinicalBrain reorganization: altered functional connectivity in reward network after stroke (opens in a new tab)
- Nature and Science of SleepCircadian Modulation of Sleep-Wake Behavior in Patients with Narcolepsy Type 1 and Idiopathic Hypersomnia (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR ), Chicago, IL, USADesign and Application of Vibrotactile Feedback to Influence Gait Symmetry (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR ), Chicago, IL, USADevelopment and Evaluation of a Device to Assess Finger Individuation in Neurorehabilitation (opens in a new tab)
- Applied ErgonomicsEvaluation of the support provided by a soft passive exoskeleton in individuals with back pain (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationFeasibility of post-stroke hand rehabilitation supported by a soft robotic hand orthosis in-clinic and at-home (opens in a new tab)
- NeurophotonicsFunctional near-infrared spectroscopy short-channel regression improves cortical activation estimates of working memory load (opens in a new tab)
- NeurorehaHochdosierte Neurorehabilitation im häuslichen Umfeld (opens in a new tab)
- Wearable TechnologiesImpact of a shoulder exosuit on range of motion, endurance, and task execution in users with neurological impairments (opens in a new tab)
- Scientific ReportsLower limb motor effects of DBS neurofeedback in Parkinson’s disease assessed through IMU-based UPDRS movement quality metrics (opens in a new tab)
202431 papers
- IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob ), Heidelberg, GermanyA Helping Hand at Home: A Case Study on the Unsupervised Use of a Robotic Hand Orthosis in People with Tetraplegia (opens in a new tab)
- IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob ), Heidelberg, GermanyAugmented Feedback to Influence Gait Symmetry: A Feasibility Study to Quantify Effects on the Global Gait Pattern (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR ), La Granja, SpainBalance Training in Virtual Reality: Influence of the Frequency and the Amplitude of the Environment Motion on Body Sway (opens in a new tab)
- ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA ), Glasgow, United KingdomBuilding Conversational Agents for Stroke Rehabilitation: An Evaluation of Large Language Models and Retrieval Augmented Generation (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR ), La Granja, SpainClosing the loop – Implementing personalized real-time biofeedback for gait rehabilitation in stroke and Parkinson’s patients (opens in a new tab)
- Parkinson's DiseaseContinuous and Unconstrained Tremor Monitoring in Parkinson's Disease Using Supervised Machine Learning and Wearable Sensors (opens in a new tab)
- Applied ErgonomicsDesign and evaluation of the OmniSuit: A passive occupational exoskeleton for back and shoulder support (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR ), La Granja, SpainDesign Considerations and Pilot Usability Evaluation of ReHandyBot, A Portable Device for Upper Limb Therapy Along the Continuum of Care (opens in a new tab)
- Poster presented at the ZNZ Symposium , Zurich, Switzerland, September 12, .Developing personalized real-time biofeedback for gait rehabilitation: A co-design process
- IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob ), Heidelberg, GermanyDevelopment and Evaluation of A 3D-Printed Pneumatic Light Massage Device to Relieve Neuropathic Foot Pain (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationEncouraging arm use in stroke survivors: the impact of smart reminders during a home-based intervention (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Digital HealthEnergy expenditure estimation during activities of daily living in middle-aged and older adults using an accelerometer integrated into a hearing aid (opens in a new tab)
202327 papers
- Chronobiology InternationalA novel method to increase specificity of sleep-wake classifiers based on wrist-worn actigraphy (opens in a new tab)
- International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR ), SingaporeA Tailorable Robotic Hand Orthosis to Support Children with Neurological Hand Impairments: a Case Study in a Child's Home (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Robotics and AIAn online method to monitor hand muscle tone during robot-assisted rehabilitation (opens in a new tab)
- Wearable TechnologiesDesign and validation of a novel online platform to support the usability evaluation of wearable robotic devices (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Mechanical EngineeringDesign, characterization and preliminary usability testing of a portable robot for unsupervised therapy of hand function (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of the neurological sciencesDigital health metrics reveal upper limb impairment profiles in ARSACS (opens in a new tab)
- Wearable TechnologiesEffect of passive shoulder exoskeleton support during working with arms over shoulder level (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeurophysiologyEffects of wrist posture and stabilization on precision grip force production and muscle activation patterns (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of BiomechanicsEvaluation of the physiological benefits of a passive back-support exoskeleton during lifting and working in forward leaning postures (opens in a new tab)
- PLOS ONEEvaluation of the reliability and validity of computerized tests of attention (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationFeasibility of force myography for the direct control of an assistive robotic hand orthosis in non-impaired individuals (opens in a new tab)
- ACM Transactions on Human-Robot InteractionIn the Arms of a Robot: Designing Autonomous Hugging Robots with Intra-Hug Gestures (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went37 listed
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