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Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy

Ubiquitous Conformable Systems for Imperceptible Computing

Fernandez, S. V., Sadat, D., Tasnim, F., Acosta, D., Schwendeman, L., Shahsavari, S., Dagdeviren, C.†, “Ubiquitous Conformable Systems for Imperceptible Computing”, Foresight, 24, 1, 75-98, 2021.

Research

Biomechatronics

Enhancing human physical capability

Article Research

Soft Robotics Podcast | Hugh Herr: "Bionics"

Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr speaks with Marwa ElDiwiny on a recent episode of the IEEE RAS Soft Robotics podcast.

Course Research

Decoders 1.8: Project Realization in Cleanroom

Style: Teamwork; Collective This class is graded P/D/F. To pass, you must: (i) attend all the cleanroom sessions, (ii) work in a team set...

Publication Research

Magnetomicrometry

C. R. Taylor, S. S. Srinivasan, S. H. Yeon, M. K. O'Donnell, T. J. Roberts, H. M. Herr, Magnetomicrometry, Sci.Robot. 6, eabg0656 (2021), DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg0656

Article Research

Canan Dağdeviren: Follow your dream because life is too short to follow someone else’s

Bioengineer Canan Dağdeviren is living her dream, decoding physical patterns of the human body in order to diagnose and cure diseases.

Publication Research

Biodegradable scaffolds promote tissue remodeling and functional improvement in non-human primates with acute spinal cord injury.

Slotkin, J., Pritchard, C., Luque, B., Ye, J., Layer, r., Lawrence, M., O’Shea, T., Roy, R., Zhong, H., Vollenweider, I., Edgerton, V., Courtine, G., Woodard, E. and Langer, R., Biodegradable scaffolds promote tissue remodeling and functional improvement in non-human primates with acute spinal cord injury, Biomaterials, 123: 63-76, 2017.

Article Research

Ubiquitous Conformable Systems for Imperceptible Computing

Soft Robotics Podcast | Hugh Herr: "Bionics"

Decoders 1.8: Project Realization in Cleanroom

Magnetomicrometry

Canan Dağdeviren: Follow your dream because life is too short to follow someone else’s

Biodegradable scaffolds promote tissue remodeling and functional improvement in non-human primates with acute spinal cord injury.

MIT develops tiny magnetic beads that can help control prosthetic limbs better

Magnetomicrometry: Tissue Tracking via Implanted Magnetic Beads

Decoders 1.7: Introduction to Microfabrication

Control of tension-compression asymmetry in Ogden hyperelasticity with application to soft tissue modelling

Multi-Material 3-D Viscoelastic Model of a Transtibial Residuum from In-vivo Indentation and MRI Data