The RehabAI@Home program brings together Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and ROM InWest to develop scalable AI technologies for home rehabilitation. Supported by a €1.5 million Health Holland PPP grant, the program aims to empower patients and reduce pressure on healthcare systems through user-friendly AI innovations.
RehabAI@Home funds three AI-driven projects to advance home rehabilitation.
From nine positively-rated applications, three collaborative projects have been selected for funding and all start in February and March 2026:
- trAIn@home develops a personalized AI coaching platform for people with acquired brain injury, integrating wearable data and patient-reported outcomes to guide safe home exercise.
Collaboration: Karin Gerrits (VU), Floor Hettinga (VU), Kristel Lankhorst (HvA) and Erwin van Wegen (AUCM), and the company Orikami.
- AAA RehabTwin focuses on stroke rehabilitation, combining wearable sensing, AI-based movement analysis, and augmented feedback to improve movement quality, adherence, and remote therapist monitoring. Collaboration: Bin Yu (HvA) and Thomas Janssen (VU), and the company wearm.ai
- OPRAH 2.0 targets recovery after major oncological surgery, using symptom monitoring and conversational AI to deliver personalized, multilingual coaching and inclusive support.Collaboration: Marike van der Leeden (AUMC), Marike van de Schaaf (AUCM/HvA), Marijke de Leeuwerk (AUMC), Carel Meskers (AUMC), Edwin Gelein (AUMC), Jesse Aarden (HvA), Charlotte van Westerhuis (HvA), Maarten van Egmond (HvA) and the companies Viduet and Dawn Technology.
Together, these projects aim to accelerate AI-enabled rehabilitation from research to real-world home use. The kickoff meeting for RehabAI@Home will take place on the 4th of June 2026 (announcement will follow soon).
More detailed information on the program and projects can be found here or via the link on the right hand side of this webpage, under the heading 'News' (Internal Grants).
