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 MoreKuntz Lab IEEE Access Paper Awarded 2022 Best Video Award
Kuntz Lab IEEE Access paper has been awarded the 2022 IEEE Access Best Video Award Part 1! This award is given to the best video of papers submitted in a 6-month period to the multidisciplinary open access journal....
Read MoreUtah Bionic Leg in Science Robotics
The Utah Bionic Leg, a motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees developed by University of Utah mechanical engineering associate professor Tommaso Lenzi and his students in the HGN Lab, is on the cover of the newest issue of Science Robotics. Science Robotics is part of the Science family of journals and covers the “latest technological advances and for the critical social, ethical and policy issues surrounding robotics.” Read more…....
Read MoreDr. George Presents at BioHive Summit
Dr. George recently presented at the Biohive summit. This was a full-day, in-person event that featured a line-up of incredible speakers. BioHive records more of our popular “BioHive Talks” which highlights thought-provoking and inspiring conversations for our community. Biohive amplifies voices for stakeholders around the state including industry and those outside life sciences. Biohive seeks to share the Utah story and highlight issues that need to be addressed....
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...
Read MoreHGN Lab Publishes Paper in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (IEEE TNSRE)
In this study, we show that varying the assistive knee torque provided by a powered knee prosthesis significantly improved weight-bearing symmetry, effort, and speed during the stand-up movement in eight above-knee amputees. Specifically, we observed improvements in the index of asymmetry of the vertical ground reaction force at the point approximating maximum vertical center of mass acceleration, the integral of the intact vastus medialis activation measured using electromyography, and the stand-up duration compared to the passive prosthesis. These results show that powered prostheses can improve functional mobility, potentially increasing quality of life for millions of people living with above-knee...
Read MoreDr. George Featured on Brown Journal of World Affairs Podcast
The Brown Journal of World Affairs is a semiannual international relations publication produced at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Founded in 1993, the Journal provides a forum for world leaders, policymakers, and prominent academics to engage in a vigorous debate of intellectual breadth and vibrancy. Each issue examines salient and emerging international topics and is circulated widely in the United States and abroad. In recent years, contributors have included Jimmy Carter, Noam Chomsky, Dilma Rousseff, Joseph Nye, and many others. Dr. George’s podcast interview highlights his work on bionic prostheses, commercialization of new technology, and...
Read MoreAbbott, Lenzi, and Roundy Receive NSF Grant
Jake Abbott (PI) Tommaso Lenzi (co-PI), and Shad Roundy (co-PI) were awarded a National Science Foundation grant “Magnetic Cogging Parallel-elastic Actuators for Energy-efficient Robotic Legs”. $732,643, 1/1/2023-12/31/2025....
Read MoreAbbott and Rogue Space Systems receive Space Force Grant for Detumbling Space Debris
Jake Abbott and Rogue Space Systems were awarded a Space Force STTR grant “Detumbling of Space Debris Using Magnetic-Field Sources as Robot End-Effectors”. $249,582. 7/5/2022-12/4/2022....
Read MoreAbbott and Rogue Space Systems Receive Space Force Grant
Jake Abbott and Rogue Space Systems were awarded a Space Force STTR grant “Use of Rotating Magnetic Fields to Detumble Irregular Asymmetric Space Debris-Like Objects”. $249,552. 6/27/2022-10/26/2022....
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