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Tuesday, January
30th
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Designing
Exoskeletons and Prosthetic Limbs that Enhance Human Performance
Steven H. Collins, PhD
Stanford University - Mechanical Engineering
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Abstract: "My central research
goal is to develop wearable robotic devices that improve mobility and quality
of life, especially for people with disabilities. My laboratory uses three
complementary approaches. First, we develop tools to speed and systematize the
design of prostheses and exoskeletons. Humans are complex, limiting the
effectiveness of typical robotics design methods, so we have developed a new
approach that utilizes versatile, laboratory-based emulator systems. Second, we
leverage our emulators in basic scientific experiments aimed at discovering and
characterizing new methods of assistance. Our versatile hardware allows rapid
implementation of new ideas, controlled characterization of human response to
device functionality, and new approaches to design and prescription involving
online adaptation and patient-specific device optimization. Finally, we
translate successful approaches into energy-efficient mobile devices. For
example, we recently demonstrated an ankle exoskeleton that uses no energy
itself yet reduces the metabolic energy cost of human walking. We are currently
developing actuators based on electrostatic adhesion that are both energy
efficient and controllable, which will enable new types of high-performance
wearable robots."
From his February 18, 2016 lecture at
Stanford,
Designing
robotic prostheses and exoskeletons that improve human
mobility
Biosketch: Steven H.
Collins is a new Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering here at
Stanford. Before he arrived on campus he was at Carnegie Mellon University,
where he directed the Experimental
Biomechatronics Laboratory and taught courses on Robotics and Design. He
received his BS from Cornell University in 2002 and his PhD from the University
of Michigan in 2008, and performed postdoctoral research at T.U. Delft. He has
published in Science and Nature. He is a member of the scientific board of the
Dynamic Walking 2013 Conference, the recipient of the American Society of
Biomechanics Post-Doctoral Young Investigator Award in 2013, an ICRA Best
Medical Robotics Paper winner in 2015, and was recently voted CMU Department of
Mechanical Engineering Professor of the Year.
- Contact
Information:
- Steven H. Collins, PhD
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture slides - 709 Kb pdf file
- Video - not available
- Slides - 2.78 Mb pdf file
- Photos - 452 Kb pdf file
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