Let’s Talk Health and Care
Let’s Talk Health and Care
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This podcast series is linked to the Integrated Care Academy at UWE Bristol and covers various topics associated with workforce development, applied research with impact, health technology and positive societal change. Building relationships and being an interface between people, technology, education, research, culture and health care are core elements of the Integrated Care Academy at UWE Bristol.
http://uwe.ac.uk/integrated-care-academy
Contact us: [email protected]
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The podcast centers on workforce development, health technology, and societal impact, with episodes exploring topics like community-based solutions for continence issues, the revolutionary potential of 3D-printed food for dysphagia, and addressing health inequalities in ethnic minority communities. For instance, an episode discusses the adverse effects of ketamine on bladder health in the context of Covid-19, demonstrating practical implications of research.
This podcast series is linked to the Integrated Care Academy at UWE Bristol and covers various topics associated with workforce development, applied research with impact, health technology and positive societal change. Building relationships and being an interface between people, technology, education, research, culture and health care are core elements of the Integrated Care Academy at UWE Bristol.
http://uwe.ac.uk/integrated-care-academy
Contact us: [email protected]
In this latest episode, we are joined by Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Mechatronics at UWE Bristol. From pioneering low-cost prosthetic legs to developing AI-driven assistive devices, Appolinaire is reshaping how technology intersects with healthcare and his vision to create a centre that uses AI, 3D scanning and printing to tailor affordable prosthetics in real time is captivating.
The driving force for the vision is entirely user-centred – a career shift motivated by being challenged by a gold medal winning Para Olympian to consider making joints for people rather than robots… His mission is to design technology that empowers and not excludes.
Interesting fact: The temperature in a prosthetic leg socket can reach 47-49 Celsius after 90 minutes of walking! There is so much to be done to improve this and many other aspects of living with prosthetics.
Useful links:
Appolinaire’s university profile: https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/AppolinaireEtoundi
Cybathlon 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLbl2Q1xGuA
Bristol Centre for Enablement: https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/bristol-centre-enablement
Selected publications:
Bio-Inspired Knee Joint: Trends in the Hardware Systems Development https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2021.613574/full
Experimental Verification of Kinematics and Kinetics in a Biomimetic Bipedal Robot https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/mechanismsrobotics/article/15/1/014503/1140488/Experimental-Verification-of-Kinematics-and
The Anthro-Thumb: a biomimetic hybrid soft robotic carpometacarpal saddle joint for the thumb, Frontiers in Robotics and AI https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2025.1496073/full
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