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→CYBATHLON 2020: Update
'''CYBATHLON 2016''' took place on October 8th in the SWISS Arena, Kloten, Switzerland (near Zurich). '''CYBATHLON 2020''' will take place on May 2-3. The CYBATHLON is a unique championship in which people with physical disabilities compete against each other to complete everyday tasks using state-of-the-art technical assistance systems. Robert Riener, head of the professorship for sensory motor systems, [ETH Zurich][https://www.ethz.ch/de.html], is credited with initiating the event in 2013.
[[File:Cybathlon Concepts & Goals.png|thumb|right|Cybathlon Concepts & Goals]]
'''CYBATHLON 2016''' took place on October 8th in the SWISS Arena, Kloten, Switzerland (near Zurich). The CYBATHLON is a unique championship in which people with physical disabilities compete against each other to complete everyday tasks using state-of-the-art technical assistance systems. Robert Riener, head of the professorship for sensory motor systems,[https://www.ethz.ch/de.html ETH Zurich], is credited with initiating the event in 2013.<ref>http://www.cybathlon.ethz.ch/about-cybathlon.html</ref>
== Results from CYBATHLON 2016 ==
<blockquote>
There were 66 teams competing in front of an audience of 4600 and with the assistance of 700 staff and volunteers.
* Brain-computer interface race: Numa Poujouly - Team Brain Tweakers (Switzerland)
* Functional electrical stimulation bike race: Mark Muhn - Team Cleveland (US)
* Powered arm prosthesis race: Robert (Bob) Radocy - Team Dipo Power (Netherlands)
* Powered exoskeleton race: Andre Van Ruschen - Team ReWalk (Germany)
* Powered leg prosthesis race: Helgi Sveinsson - Team Rheo Knee (Iceland)
* Powered wheelchair race: Florian Hauser - Team HSR Enhanced (Switzerland)
::- CYBATHLON ETH Zurich Official Website<ref>http://www.cybathlon.ethz.ch/about-cybathlon/cybathlon-2016/results-2016.html</ref></blockquote>
== CYBATHLON 2020 ==
'''CYBATHLON 2020''' took place on May 2-3, 2020.
== External links ==
* [https://https://www.ethz.ch/de.html Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich]
* [https://www.wired.co.uk/article/cybathletes-will-be-better Wired Article January 2016]
== References ==
[[Category:Events]]