Mission statement
“Enhance utility, accessibility, intelligence and public knowledge of assistive technologies and wearable robots through integration of research, education and outreach”
Objectives
Identify new opportunities for wearable technologies to augment, assist or enable human activities
Apply the principles of human biomechanics in sensing, actuation, and control of wearable devices
Develop mechanical models, electronics and prototypes that well-incorporate those principles
Design, fabricate and test wearable prototypes
Validate the human-device system performance through computational simulations and in-vivo experiments
Multidisciplinary approach
Robotics and mechatronics
- Auto-Phenotech
- Intelligent, Intuitive, Interactive Autonomous Robotic Cart (I3ARC)
- Mechatronics Musical Instrument (MMI)
Wearable assistive and rehabilitative devices
- Biomechanical Measurement Suit (BIOMS)
- Cable-driven Upper Body Exosuit (CUBE)
- Variable Resistance Suit (VARS)
- Wearable Feedback for Environmental Interpretation (WeFEI)
Human-robot interactions
- Exosuit control using Reinforcement learning
Experimental human movement biomechanics
- Multimodal feedback improving technique for rowing
Statistical and learning-based models for human intention/state detection
- Ambient Assisted Living Framwork for Generalized Anxiety Disorder state modeling and prediction
- Dismounted Solider task classification and detection
3D printed wearable interface
- Mechanical characterization of 3DP flexible wearable interface