On 13th April 2025, at the 50 th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, the Rehabilitation Lower-limb Exoskeleton with Active Following Body Weight Support and the Light Wing vision large model wearable glasses, which were independently researched and developed by the team of Prof. Zhijun Li’s team (dean of School of Mechanical Engineering Tongji University), were awarded the Gold Award and the Silver Award respectively, in a strong breakthrough among the 2,000 state-of-the-art inventions from nearly 40 countries and regions in the world. Among them, the Rehabilitation Lower-limb Exoskeleton with Active Following Body Weight Support won the ‘Special Invention Award’ (only 1% of the awards) for its breakthrough technological innovation.
Asso. Prof. Haisheng Xia, Asso. Prof. Guoxin Li, and doctoral student Yang Song participated in the competition as representatives. Rehabilitation Lower-limb Exoskeleton with Active Following Body Weight Support can provide stroke and spinal cord injury patients with precise training in stages from joint mobilization to natural walking. Light Wing vision large model wearable glasses can act as a personal assistant for healthy people or even an assistive device for visually impaired patients, realizing daily communication, target retrieval, searching, navigation and other functions.
International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva was founded in 1973, jointly organized by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Swiss Federal Government, is one of the world's longest and largest invention exhibitions, and is known for its strict selection and professional standards.
