BIOSERVO TECHNOLOGIES AB

Their core work

Bioservo Technologies develops soft robotic gloves — wearable exoskeletons that strengthen hand grip for people with injuries, disabilities, or repetitive strain. Their technology sits at the intersection of robotics, biomechanics, and rehabilitation, targeting both medical recovery and industrial injury prevention. In H2020, they contributed soft robotic actuator expertise to assistive technology and prosthetics consortia, and coordinated their own product-focused project (iHand) to bring a soft robotic glove from research to market.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Bioservo's trajectory shows a clear shift from research participant to product-stage company. Their early projects (eNHANCE 2015, SoftPro 2016) positioned them as a specialist partner contributing soft robotics components to larger academic-led consortia in assistive tech and prosthetics. By 2018, they stepped up to coordinate iHand — their largest project by far (EUR 2.3M) — focused squarely on bringing their own soft robotic glove to market for both rehabilitation and injury prevention, indicating a pivot from pure R&D participation toward commercialization.

Bioservo is moving from contributing components to research consortia toward leading product-driven projects, suggesting they are ready for market-entry partnerships and industrial pilot collaborations.

How they like to work

Bioservo operates as a focused technology SME that contributes deep domain expertise rather than project management capacity — two of their three projects were as participant. However, their coordination of iHand (with EUR 2.3M, their largest grant) shows they can lead when the project centers on their core product. With 20 unique partners across 6 countries, they maintain a moderately sized but diverse European network, typical of an SME that collaborates selectively with academic and clinical partners relevant to their technology.

Bioservo has worked with 20 distinct partners across 6 European countries, building connections primarily in the rehabilitation robotics and prosthetics research community. Their network likely spans university robotics labs, clinical rehabilitation centers, and other medtech SMEs.

What sets them apart

Bioservo occupies a rare niche: they are one of very few European SMEs with a dedicated soft robotic glove product spanning both medical rehabilitation and industrial injury prevention. Unlike university labs that publish research or large companies that integrate others' technologies, Bioservo owns the core technology and is actively commercializing it. For consortium builders, they bring a working prototype and deep domain knowledge in wearable hand exoskeletons — not just theoretical expertise.

Highlights from their portfolio

• iHand
  Their largest project (EUR 2.3M) and only coordination role — a product-focused effort to bring their soft robotic glove to market for injury prevention and rehabilitation.
• SoftPro
  Part of a broader EU effort on open-source prosthetics and rehabilitation technologies, connecting Bioservo to the wider European prosthetics research ecosystem.
• eNHANCE
  Their earliest H2020 project, exploring intention-based control for assistive grasping — foundational work for their later product development.