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Projects.

What the lab is building now, and where it started.

Shared-control wheelchair with arm support

In progress

Shared-control wheelchair with arm support

A powered wheelchair combined with a wearable arm-support mechanism, exploring shared control for mobility and in-chair activity.

MedicalMechatronics
Wearable robotic fingers and low-cost hands

In progress

Wearable robotic fingers and low-cost hands

Low-cost robotic hands and wrist-worn robotic fingers to assist people with limited hand function.

MedicalMechatronics

Founding project · IAM

Intelligent Autonomous Monitoring

IAM was the lab’s first project: an autonomous monitoring unit that combines cameras and sensors to watch over a space and report what it sees.

Founding project · TRASS · 2023

Temperature Regulating Autonomous Solar Shade

TRASS (2023) is a self-powered window shade that opens and closes to hold a room’s temperature, so it can be added to buildings without new wiring.

Measuring the force of an exoskeleton arm on the wheelchair platform
Measuring the force of an exoskeleton arm on the wheelchair platform
Driving the wheelchair platform from a browser
Driving the wheelchair platform from a browser
Modular sensing unit, front view
Modular sensing unit, front view
Tendon-driven robotic hand
Tendon-driven robotic hand
Wrist-worn robotic fingers
Wrist-worn robotic fingers
Robot arm and hand on the test bench
Robot arm and hand on the test bench
Humanoid robots in the lab
Humanoid robots in the lab
Service robot in the lab
Service robot in the lab
Seated-exercise sensing setup
Seated-exercise sensing setup
Wheelchair platform module
Wheelchair platform module
A wheelchair-based robot platform
A wheelchair-based robot platform
Outdoor navigation test of the autonomous wheelchair
Outdoor navigation test of the autonomous wheelchair
A wheelchair with a sensor mast
A wheelchair with a sensor mast
A knee orthosis with an actuator mount
A knee orthosis with an actuator mount
Testing an exoskeleton joint
Testing an exoskeleton joint
A motorized wheel module
A motorized wheel module
Bioprinter nozzles printing
Bioprinter nozzles printing
Circular bioreactor chamber for in-chamber bioprinting
Circular bioreactor chamber for in-chamber bioprinting
A sensor on a printed pole mount
A sensor on a printed pole mount
An early wheelchair prototype in the robotics lab
An early wheelchair prototype in the robotics lab