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Conformable Decoders

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

Enhancing human physical capability
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Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
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Media Lab Research Theme: Connected Mind + Body

Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
Course Research

MAS.S65: Piezoelectrics for Ultrasonic Biomedical Devices

Style:Teamwork; CollectiveTo pass, you must: (i) attend all the class lectures, (ii) participate during the experimental/simulation se…
Publication Research

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.
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 setti…
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

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

A recent feature in Designboom highlights research conducted by the Biomechatronics group that describes magnetomicrometry.
Project Research

Magnetomicrometry: Tissue Tracking via Implanted Magnetic Beads

Amputation, muscle weakness, and nerve damage can make it difficult to perform simple daily tasks. In this project, we are developing a mi…
Course Research

Decoders 1.7: Introduction to Microfabrication

Style: Individual; PersonalThis class is graded P/D/F. To pass, you must: (i) attend all the cleanroom sessions, (ii) complete the sections…
Publication Research

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

Moerman, K. M., Simms, C. K., Nagel, T. Control of tension-compression asymmetry in Ogden hyperelasticity with application to soft tissue modelling Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 56, 218–228, 2016
Publication Research

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

Sengeh DM, Moerman, K. M., Petron A, Herr H.M.