
MADE in NTSP (Motion Assistive Devices Ecosystem for Industry and NeuroTechnological Solutions Platform) is a state-of-the-art Human Motion Analysis Research Center. This center is a main research infrastructure for the Neurotechnological Solutions Platform (NTSP), a university-industry collaboration center of excellence in neurotechnology, and is funded as a National Center of Excellence by TÜBİTAK’s prestigious “High Technology Platforms - Center of Excellence Support Program” (1004) programme. In concert with this programme’s central aim, NTSP actions are comprised of collaboration of universities with the industry partners to develop specific projects devised to sustain a co-creation of technological innovations approach. The programme serves the expectation of facilitating specialization of Research Infrastructures through RDI funding to a bundle of inter-linked R&D projects in a specific technology area aiming to develop outcomes featuring Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) of 6-5. NTSP, as the main platform, and MADE in NTSP, as the key research center, are both directed towards these aims with planned TRL for MADE in NTSP reaching 8 for certain projects.
The overall aim is to develop neurotechnological, smart, and innovative technological solutions including motion assistive devices, rehabilitation and patient monitoring systems to some of the most critical challenges known to impair the functioning of the musculoskeletal system and negatively impact individuals, society and the workforce. These challenges include stroke (13 million people annually worldwide), cerebral palsy (4 in every 1,000 births), limb amputation (40 million people worldwide), Parkinson's disease (approximately 10 million people worldwide) and multiple sclerosis (2.5 million people worldwide). For this platform, MADE in NTSP is of critical importance, as it supports the development and testing of novel technologies and devices through the collaboration between numerous projects conducted under the Neurotechnological Solutions Platform by PI’s from universities as well as researchers from major companies and SEMs as industrial partners. Co-developers of the targeted patient specific medical robots, rehabilitation robotic systems, neurorehabilitation devices (e.g. smart powered prostheses, exoskeletons, novel materials and wearable sensors, multi-sensor management systems, patient racking systems, novel battery technologies, neuromodulators) and their combinations as neuro-devices include academic partners, Sabancı University, Yeditepe University and Istanbul University, and industry partners, Interact Technologies, Karel Electronics, Karel Molding and ASPİLSAN.