The project schedule and work plan are presented hereafter:

WP1 – Project management and dissemination
This WP includes all the project management activities, ethical approvals, IP protection, communication, and dissemination. This WP will also manage the project meetings and students’ exchange policies.

  • T1.1 – Project management and administration
  • T1.2 – Dissemination, communication, and public engagement, and potential exploitation

WP2 – Body-VR space mapping and visual feedback manipulations
This WP will define develop and test the body to virtual object map including the visual feedback manipulations

  • T2.1 – Definition of visual feedback distortions
  • T2.2 – Software implementation of visual feedback and integration of joint kinematics, body posture, and sEMG in a prototypical platform of convenience

WP3 – Hardware systems and software architecture development 
This WP will be devoted to the development of innovative sensors, body area networks, edge computing nodes, and hardware platforms, and the integration of a prototypical telemedicine framework.

  • T3.1 – System architecture and sensor specifications
  • T3.2 – Development of a smart slim-fit long-sleeved t-shirt with embedded dry polymer-based electrodes for sEMG and MIMUs, with edge processing features and related Unity libraries
  • T3.3 – System integration of the VISIONARY hw/sw architecture, integrating all the visual feedback, and inclusion in a prototypical telemedicine infrastructure

WP4 – Methods for real-time movement analysis 
This WP will be devoted to the software development of the real-time algorithm for motion tracking with MIMUs.

  • T4.1 – Development algorithms for sensor fusion and protocols for real-time multi-segmental and joint kinematics estimation based on multi-sensor MIMUs and related Unity libraries
  • T4.2 – Development of methods for MIMUs-RGB-D information fusion and related embedded hardware and Unity libraries
  • T4.3 – Quantitative validation of the development methods. For this purpose, a marker-based multi-camera optoelectronic system will be used as a reference for kinematic and kinetic data.

WP5 – Test of effects of the visual feedback manipulation
This WP will be devoted to the characterization of the effects of visual feedback manipulation and to pilot testing the feasibility of this approach in people suffering from stroke and cervical SCI.

  • T5.1 – Test with unimpaired participants aiming at evaluating the adaptation rate and short-term retention of the VF modifications
  • T5.2 – Pilot test with stroke and cervical SCI in a clinical setting aiming at evaluating the feasibility of the proposed approach for these populations