Project MARCH – open-source exoskeleton technology

Hey HN,

I wanted to share this project I have been working on for the last year, Project MARCH! Project MARCH is a student team of the TU Delft that is involved in the development of a user-friendly and versatile exoskeleton, a motorized robotic suit, that can be used to get people with a spinal cord injury to stand up and walk again. Our team consists of 26 full-time volunteers that have spent the last year to design, program, and test a powered exoskeleton for our pilot.

After a few months of legal paperwork, we were finally able to make the software available under the GPLv3 open source license. We are investigating options to make the hardware open source as well! One of our goals is to investigate the possibilities of exoskeleton technology. Open sourcing our hard- and software allows others to learn from it and possiblity build their own exoskeleton, without having to spend years doing research.

You can watch a video of the previous iteration of our exoskeleton at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YilqnUZQIks&t=2010s This years iteration will be revealed on August 22nd! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at tech (at) projectmarch.nl