Assistive Technologies Innovation Centre (ATiC)
What we do
Transforming lives through research and innovation in healthcare.
ATiC collaborates with academic, public, private, and third sector partners from the life sciences, health, and social care sectors to drive a culture of research excellence, knowledge transfer, and innovation in health and wellbeing.
Work with us
Work with Us
ATiC combines user-centred design research methods and objective physiological measurement tools to understand people’s needs and performance during their interaction with physical and digital healthcare products, services, systems, and spaces.
We use these insights to help our partners develop innovative new solutions for health and wellbeing, which transform lives in our communities. ATiC is a unique and key contributor to the health innovation ecosystem in Wales and beyond, driving the delivery of positive economic impact through co-design practices.
We can collaborate with academic, industry, health and social care partners on research and innovation projects funded through UKRI, Welsh Government or other sources, as well as undertaking commercial work directly with businesses and industry.
Facilities
Facilities
ATiC’s world recognised multimodal User Experience (UX) and Usability Evaluation (UE) laboratory facilities in Swansea enable the capture and measurement of human behaviour, movement, cognitive, emotional, and physical performance in addition to subjective responses.
Allied with this are extensive 3D scanning, modelling, virtual simulation, additive manufacturing, and prototyping capabilities to support the rapid development and evaluation of innovative new health technologies.
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Human behaviour and psychophysiological measurement:
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Human movement and performance measurement:
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Reality capture, 3D modelling and virtual simulation:
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3D Printing and Prototyping:
- Noldus Multi-sector Observation Lab, with audio and video recording (8x Hi-res cameras), playback and behavioural analysis system using Noldus Viso, Observer XT and FaceReader analysis software.
- Noldus Portable Observation Lab, with Media Recorder and Observer XT software.
- Extensive AV capture systems for lab and field work.
- Tobii Eye Tracking Systems:
- Mobile – Tobii Pro Glasses 2 Live View Wireless System
- Remote – Tobii Pro X3-120 Desktop System
- Tobii Pro Nano bar with Mobile Device Mount.
- VR – Tobii HMD VR HTC Vive System with 120Hz built in eye tracking.
- Mindware Portable Wireless Psychophysiological Measurement System (cardio/GSR (Z0,dZ/dt, ECG, Resp, GSR activity).
- Artinis OctoMon (fNIRS) frontal brain activity monitoring system.
- UX SIMI Motion Markerless Motion Analysis System.
- Axivity AX6 6-axis wearable movement sensor system (x16 sensors).
- Delsys Trigno Avanti EMG (+IMU) sensor system (x16 sensors).
- Tekscan CONFORMat 2 VersaTek Seat & Back Pressure Measurement System.
- Tekscan F-Scan In-shoe Pressure Measurement System.
- Tekscan VersaTek Tactile Pressure Measurement System.
- BodiTrak2 Pro Bed Pressure Mapping Sensor.
- iShear – shear force measurement system.
- FLIR T1Ksc HD Thermal Imaging Camera and Research Studio Pro analysis software.
- MOTEK M-Gait modular 3D instrumented dual-belt treadmill, with pitch and sway.
- 2x AMTI Optima High Performance Series High Frequency 400x600 force platforms.
- Mantis Vision F6 and Mantis Vision F6-SR complete scanning system.
- Artec Space Spider and Eva Scanning System.
- Geomagic Design X reverse engineering software.
- Geomagic Freeform modelling software.
- Geomagic Touch Haptic Modelling System.
- Autodesk Fusion360.
- Autodesk VRed.
- Solidworks.
- Cinema 4D.
- Unity.
- Custom VR Workstations with wired and wireless HTC Vive Pro Systems.
- + access to an Immersive Simulation Space (16.32x2.7m 12K LED screen three-sided cube with 7.1 surround sound) driven by Igloo Immersive Vision software.
- Stratasys F370 FDM 3D Printer System.
- Stratasys Objet30 Prime 3D Printer System.
- Ultimaker S5 and 3 FDM 3D Printer Systems.
- Formlabs Form 3+ and Form 3B+ SL resin printer systems.
- Bigrep Studio Large Format 3D Printer System.
- Markforged X7 Composite (Fibreglass / Carbon Fibre / Kevlar) 3D Printer System.
- CNC Router / Laser Cutter / Waterjet Cutter.
- Multi-material prototyping and finishing workshops.
Case Studies and Impact
Ein Partneriaid
Our Partners
ATiC is a proud academic partner of the TriTech Institute, a venture by Hywel Dda University Health Board offering specific services in innovative healthcare solutions.
ATiC was a partner in the Accelerate Wales Programme from 2018-2022, which was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Welsh Funding Office (WEFO), Welsh Government’s Health and Social Services group, universities, Life Science Hub Wales (programme lead), and the health boards. The ultimate aim of Accelerate was to create lasting economic value for Wales.
