Project MARCH is a non-profit organisation. It is a longerterm project, comprised each year of a new team of devoted students from many university departments. They are given the opportunity to further improve on the skeleton and make
it more compact and sophisticated. For an entire year, they elaborate further on the previous prototype, making careful use of the knowledge gained and lessons learnt in earlier years. They work closely with a ‘pilot’ – the person with a spinal injury who operates the exoskeleton and who has agreed to contribute to the skeleton’s development for a year. Such an agreement also ensures that the needs of patients are the primary focus. The project receives additional financial support from a range of partners, and a large number of collaborating partners contribute component parts or specific recommendations for the further development of the skeleton. One such arrangement is with Sint Maarten’s Clinic, which already has considerable knowledge and experience relating to exoskeletons and spinal cord injuries.
