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VESACCO: Smart e-bikes for health and green travel

VESACCO: Smart e-bikes for health and green travel

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Our challenge

Everybody has heard about green mobility, but replacing physiotherapy by biking? Our idea is to combine green mobility with smart e-bike and health sensors allowing to do exercises prescribed by a doctor. This could be an energy and cost efficient solution to excessive sedentary, one of the worst chronic diseases for humans. Because we are the only living species able to use "transports", we spend lot of time in seated position even when we travel over longer distances. Smart E-bikes with some basic monitoring have already been tested and are available at the LAAS-CNRS, one of the INSA Toulouse labs, but we'd like to go further in this challenge and design the "smart e-bike for your health" of the future. Come and join us for this adventure. We will combine work on green mobility with the smart e-bike design, do market studies and prototype the new bike. During an (optional) mobility week in week 4, you can meet the partners of your international team and visit labs and the university hospital and meet the challenge provider.

Study format
Hybrid
Application period
1 November 2024 – 24 January 2025
Study period
3 February – 30 May 2025
Credits
2 ECTS
Pace
0%
Hosting university
INSA Group
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Learning outcomes

Analyze and test medical devices, and compare existing e-bike solutions

By the end of this challenge, students will be able to test and evaluate the effectiveness of medical devices, as well as compare the impact that existing smart e-bike solutions have on health and well-being.

ESCO SKILLS

Compare alternative vehiclesDevelop innovative mobility solutions

Prototype and test innovative travel solutions combined with physiotherapy

By the end of this challenge, students will be able to design, prototype, and test innovative green travel solutions combined with physiotherapy treatment.

ESCO SKILLS

Use e-health and mobile health technologiesAssemble bicycles

Test smart e-bikes and work on the "sport on prescription" concept.

By the end of this challenge, students will be able to test smart e-bikes on volunteers concerning the cardiac and respiratory functions and work on the "sport on prescription" concept.

ESCO SKILLS

Instruct in sportDevelop physiotherapy servicesTest sensors

Work in an interdisciplinary and international team

By the end of this challenge, students will be able to integrate an interdisciplinary and international team and present the methodology used and the main results in English.

ESCO SKILLS

Combine multiple fields of knowledgeWork in an international environment

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Information

The student time in this challenge will be approximately 45 hours, with 30 hours of "classes" (onsite or online) with knowledge transfer, practical work and team work. 

The challenge includes 2 synchronous online sessions in the beginning and one session at the end of the challenge when the results are presented to the challenge provider. For the students choosing the option of the mobility week (week 4), there will of course be a number of synchronous and on-site activities, like visiting INSA and the labs, the university hospital and the challenger providers offices in Toulouse. 

The challenge will be carried out in small, intercultural and interdisciplinary teams. They will have to work together, but can agree on their time schedule and will work asynchronously during the challenge.

Assessment will be divided in formative assessments during the challenge with small tasks to be done and a sommative assessment at the end of the challenge in the form of the prototype of the connected smart e-bike of the group and a presentation in English in front of a panel.

Hosting university

INSA Group

INSA Group

Challenge provider

TNP Consultants