A New Approach to Digital Exercise Training: Service Robots as Therapy Assistants
TEDIRO focuses on physical AI:
Our mobile therapy and diagnostic robots combine state-of-the-art sensor technology, AI-powered analysis, and autonomous robot navigation to guide patients through independent exercises and provide therapeutically relevant correction suggestions. In this way, TEDIRO brings artificial intelligence directly into the physical world of therapy and supports clinics, therapists, and patients through adaptive, safe, and practical robotic assistance.
Robot-assisted self-training with monitoring and digital training programs
TEDIRO stands for therapy and diagnostic robots.
The mobile robot THERY will in the future provide various physiotherapy training applications and diagnostic tools.
Our first application, THERY UAG, was developed to assist patients with gait training using forearm supports. To this end, the THERY robot accompanies patients during independent practice and offers correction suggestions. This application is available on the market in the EU (CE marking according to MDR).
Our second application, THERY GO, enables assistive-device-independent gait training, during which the THERY robot provides its user with motivational feedback on the training progress.
The training results for both applications are automatically documented throughout the entire process.
"Imagine the great possibilities opened up by the guided use of these autonomous robots! If we are able to outsource routine activities to the robot in acute hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, there will be more valuable time left for actual hands-on therapy, physiotherapy, manual therapy and osteopathy, for example. At the same time, patients are given the opportunity to actively control their recovery process by using the robot to assist them while practising on their own. These therapy and diagnostic robots offer an excellent perspective for the health and care of patients, especially in orthopaedics and traumatology."
Prof. Dr. Claudia Winkelmann
Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin
Benefits for healthcare institutions
For hospitals and nursing home operators
- Training is also available in the evenings, on weekends, and on holidays
- The robot assists patients/residents with independent gait training without additional staff support
- Flexible training schedules
- Robot-assisted training is based on comprehensive therapeutic expertise
- Digital documentation of training sessions and the entire treatment process
- Confidential data handling in accordance with GDPR standards, server located in Germany, server operator based in Germany
For Healthcare Professionals
- Supervised self-training for patients, with correction suggestions and motivational feedback provided by the robot
- Training sessions can be planned flexibly
- Individualized training planning in a cloud-based therapy management system
- Self-service: The robot instructs patients on how to use the device—saving staff time
- Digital progress documentation by the robot
- Export of the therapy progress to the patient record upon completion of the entire training plan
- Supports the implementation of guideline-based measures to promote mobility in everyday therapeutic and nursing care
For patients or residents
- Easy to use
- Motivating feedback during self-training
- The robot helps ensure consistency in training and adds variety to daily life
- More movement in daily life through additional mobility-promoting stimuli
- Training is also possible outside the regular working hours of therapeutic or nursing staff
