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Enhancing human physical capability
Space Exploration Initiative
We are engineering a better healthcare system for people with diabetes and limb loss such that we can physically bridge gaps to...
Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or sta...
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
For the robotics category of the innovation series, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed by Media Lab PhD graduate Matt Carney
The stamp is part of a new USPS series on innovation, representing computing, biomedicine, genome sequencing, robotics, and solar technology
The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, ba...
SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratiza...
Sumini, V., Muccillo, M., Milliken, J., Ekblaw, A. and Paradiso, J., 2020. SpaceHuman: A Soft Robotic Prosthetic For Space Exploration. [online] Dl.acm.org. Available at: <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3334480.3383087> [Accessed: 11 May 2020]
K. Endo, E. Swart, H. M. Herr, An artificial gastrocnemius for a transtibial prosthesis, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp.5034-5037, Sep. 2009.
M. F. Eilenberg, H. Geyer, and H. M. Herr. Control of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis based on a neuromuscular model, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 164-173, 2010.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, L. M. Mooney, G. A. Elliott and H. M. Herr. Antagonistic Active Knee Prosthesis. A Metabolic Cost of Walking Comparison with a Variable-Damping Prosthetic Knee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2011.
J. Wang, O. A. Kannape, and H. M. Herr Proportional EMG Control of Ankle Plantar Flexion in a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Continuously-Variable Series-Elastic Actuator, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
D. Paluska and H. M. Herr. The effect of series elasticity on actuator power and work output: Implications for robotic and prosthetic joint design, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 54, pp. 667–673, 2006.
S. K. Au, P. Dilworth, and H. M. Herr. An ankle-foot emulation system for the study of human walking biomechanics, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, pp. 2939-2945, May 2006.
J. Johansson, D. Sherrill, P. Riley, P. Bonato, and H. M. Herr. A clinical comparison of variable-damping and mechanically-passive prosthetic knee devices, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, vol. 84, no. 8, pp. 563-575, 2005.
H. M. Herr. Multidisciplinary approaches to limb loss: A chain of events leading to a single step, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, White House/VA Conference, Emerging Technologies, Washington, D.C., pp. 76-80, Oct. 2004.
H. M. Herr and R. Kornbluh. New horizons for orthotic and prosthetic technology: Artificial muscle, Smart Structures and Materials: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2004.
H. M. Herr and A. Wilkenfeld. User-adaptive control of a magnetorhelogical prosthetic knee, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 30, pp. 42-55, 2003.
S. K. Au, P. Bonato, and H. M. Herr. An EMG-position controlled system for an active ankle-foot prosthesis: An initial experimental study, IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR): Frontiers of the Human-Machine Interface, Chicago, IL, pp. 375-379, Jun. 2005.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, and H. M. Herr. Agonist-antagonist active knee prosthesis: A preliminary study in level-ground walking, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development (JRRD), vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 361-73, 2009.
E.C. Martinez-Villalpando, J. Weber, G. Elliott, and H. M. Herr. Design of an agonist-antagonist active knee prosthesis, Proceedings of IEEE BIORobotics Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 2008.
S. K. Au and H. M. Herr. Initial experimental study on dynamic interaction between an amputee and a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, Workshop on Dynamic Walking: Mechanics and Control of Human and Robot Locomotion, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2006.
S. K. Au, and H. M. Herr. Powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 52-59, 2008.
O. A. Kannape and H. M. Herr Volitional Control of Ankle Plantar Flexion in a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis during Stair-Ambulation, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August. 2014.
S. K. Au, J. Weber, and H. Herr. Biomechanical design of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 298–303, 2007.
S. K. Au, J. Weber, H. M. Herr and E.C. Martinez-Villapando, Powered ankle-foot prosthesis for the improvement of amputee ambulation, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology International Conference, Lyon, France, pp. 3020-3026, 2007.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, H. M. Herr. Estimation of ground reaction force and zero moment point on a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology International Conference, Lyon, France, pp. 4687-4692, 2007.
E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney, E. C. Martinez-Villalpando and H. M. Herr A clutchable series-elastic actuator: design of a robotic knee prosthesis for minimum energy consumption, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
M. T. Farrell, H. M. Herr
S. Au, J. Weber, H.M Herr
S. K. Au, M. Berniker, H. M. Herr
D. Sengeh, H. M. Herr
E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Clutchable series-elastic actuator: Implications for prosthetic knee design International Journal of Robotics Research, 2014, in press
Duval, JF "FlexSEA: flexible, scalable electronics architecture for wearable robotic applications"
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Stolyarov, R. M., Burnett, G., & Herr, H. (2017). Translational Motion Tracking of Leg Joints for Enhanced Prediction of Walking Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1-1. doi:10.1109/tbme.2017.2718528