UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA, FACULTATEA DE INGINERIE ELECTRICĂ derulează în perioada 08.2020 - 07.2022 proiectul experimental - demonstrativ "PROTEZĂ GLEZNĂ INTELIGENTĂ EXPERIMENTALĂ BAZATĂ PE FLUIDE INTELIGENTE (ESAP-SMAM)".

Obiectivul principal al proiectului este dezvoltarea și testarea din punct de vedere experimental-demonstrativ a unei proteje pentru gleznă bazată pe fluide inteligente, și are ca scop îmbunătățirea calității vieții oamenilor cu membru inferior amputat, sarcină adecvată pentru cercetătorii din domeniul ingineresc.
Rezultatele obținute vor fi semnificative atât în aplicațiile tehnice cât și medicale, prin îmbunătățirea mobilității persoanelor cu dizabilități, prin depășirea limitele impuse de barierele funcționale.

EXPERIMENTAL SMART ANKLE PROSTHESIS BASED ON SMART MATERIAL
Our team possesses the necessary skills for the implementation of this proposal, having an important background both in terms of national/international research projects implemented and completed, as well as in publishing the results in prestigious scientific journals, at high-profile scientific conferences, in books or book chapters. The experience and results obtained after the completion of these research projects resulted in the acceptance (for originality and validation at least at the theoretical level) of a national patent proposal SPHERICAL ARTICULATION BASED ON INTELLIGENT FLUIDS-A / 00213/2019 and which was awarded gold at Euro Invent 2019. The main objective of the project is the development and testing from an experimental-demonstrative point of view of ankle protection based on intelligent fluids, and it aims to improve the quality of life of people with lower-limb amputated, an appropriate task for the researchers in the engineering field. The project is divided into three phases of two activities each well defined and established in a natural chronology, starting with the design of the model, following the physical realization and ending with the experimental testing at the laboratory level. The results obtained will be significant in both the technical and medical applications, by improving the mobility of persons with disabilities, by exceeding the limits imposed by the functional barriers. The project is based on a very close collaboration between the research team of the University of Craiova (UCV) and the partner SC SEDONA DEVELOPMENT SRL. The UCV team will also be part of two medical researchers who will support us throughout the project with medical expertise and interpretations.