Professor Zhang’s UWR lab received a small research grant (R03) from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. This 2-year, $150K award will help build a new neck exoskeleton device for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using a carbon-based fabrication method. This project is expected to generate preliminary data to support clinical translation of the neck exoskeleton technology to homes of patients with limited head-neck mobility. This award will be used to support a graduate student to conduct the proposed research. The details regarding the project can be found here: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/mVjRrUYz1U-V3Fs-WAGBvg/project-details/10811000...
Read MoreUtah Neurorobotics Lab Wins Proposal Grant
Utah Neurorobotics Lab members win proposal grant at the RAC Grand Challenge...
Read MoreZhang and Brown Receive NIH Trailblazer Award
University of Utah mechanical engineering assistant professor Haohan Zhang and Kahlert School of Computing assistant professor Daniel Brown have received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Trailblazer Award in a multi-PI proposal. This 3-year project will develop a new neck brace for patients with dropped head syndrome that use gaze tracking to help restore head-neck mobility. The Trailblazer Awards program is a prestigious opportunity for new and early-stage faculty to pursue research programs that “integrate engineering and the physical sciences with the life and/or biomedical sciences.” Dropped head syndrome is a condition most commonly associated with neuromuscular disorders where...
Read MoreProfessors Zhang and George Receive Grant from ALS Association
Robotics professors Haohan Zhang and Jacob George received a seed grant of $50K from the ALS Association to develop new neck exoskeleton technologies to help ALS patients with dropped head syndrome to regain functional head-neck movements. This grant will partially support two graduate students for one year to conduct preliminary studies and data collection that are necessary for future, larger clinical trials that are aimed to translate the technology to ALS patients. This project will be in collaboration with the multidisciplinary Motor Neuron Disease clinic, directed by Dr. Mark Bromberg, at the University of Utah Hospital....
Read MoreUWR Lab received a seed grant ($50K) from the ALS Association.
UWR Lab received a seed grant ($50K) from the ALS Association. This award will help continue the development and clinical translation of a neck exoskeleton to assist with head-neck movements in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. This research is in collaboration with the Motor Neuron Disease clinic (directed by Dr. Mark Bromberg) and the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab directed by Dr. Jake George....
Read MoreKuntz and Abbott Receive NSF Grant
Alan Kuntz (PI) and Jake Abbott (co-PI) were awarded a National Science Foundation grant “Modeling, Control, and Motion Planning of Magnetic-screw Microrobots in Soft Tissue”. $740,283, 9/1/2023-8/31/2026....
Read MoreLenzi Receive New $1.7M grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Prof. Tommaso Lenzi received a new grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This grant will support the Ergonomics and Safety program at the University of Utah, and it is part of a larger Education and Research Center (ERC) grant award by NIOSH to the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH)....
Read MoreAbbott and Rogue Space Systems Receive Space Force Grant
Jake Abbott and Rogue Space Systems were awarded a Space Force STTR Phase 2 grant “Use of Rotating Magnetic Fields to Detumble Irregular Asymmetric Space Debris-Like Objects”. $420,000. 7/24/2023-10/23/2023....
Read MoreUWR Lab Received NSF Award
NSF awarded $425K funding for a new UWR Lab project titled “Adapting to the Human Body: Shape-Adaptive Attachment for Parallel Wearable Robots Using Jamming”....
Read More3 Pilot Grants Funded by Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The Neurobotics Lab is proud to announce the funding of three new pilot grants authored by three of our Ph.D. students. Congratulations to Monika Buczak (Biomedical Engineering), Marshall Trout (Electrical Engineering), and Connor Olsen (Electrical Engineering). Each has been awarded ~$5,000 by the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to help fund their research! Read More...
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