Social and Healthcare Robotics
Topics: exoskeletons - surgical robotics - wheelchair technology
Robotic exoskeletons to assist human movement
We explore how robotic exoskeletons should be designed, controlled and deployed to support human mobility. In particular, we are interested in developing wearable robots to assist walking (including assisting users with reduced mobility) and to assist user movements in industrial applications.
Academics: Ildar Farkhatdinov, Kaspar Althoefer
Relevant publications:
- Farkhatdinov I, Ebert J, Van Oort G, Vlutters M, Van Asseldonk E, Burdet E. Assisting human balance in standing with a robotic exoskeleton. IEEE Robotics and automation letters. 2019 Jan 3;4(2):414-21. PDF
- Farkhatdinov I, Roehri N, Burdet E. Anticipatory detection of turning in humans for intuitive control of robotic mobility assistance. Bioinspiration & biomimetics. 2017 Sep 25;12(5):055004. PDF
- Huang HY, Arami A, Farkhatdinov I, Formica D, Burdet E. The influence of posture, applied force and perturbation direction on hip joint viscoelasticity. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 2020 Mar 26;28(5):1138-45. PDF
Surgical robotics
To be updated
Academics: Kaspar Althoefer, Ildar Farkhatdinov
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Wheelchair technology
Academics: Ildar Farkhatdinov, Stuart Miller, Dylan Morrissey, Kaspar Althoefer