Episode 1: (Bio)Mechanics
May 20 1:30-5:30 PM EDT
Panel
Dr. Kiisa Nishikawa
Professor, Northern Arizona University
Dr. Steve Collins
Associate Professor, Stanford University
Dr. Sangbae Kim
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The panel will be open-ended and driven by audience questions. The panelists will provide perspectives on questions such as:
What limits engineering vs. biological actuator performance?
Is biomimetic limb morphology the best choice for mobile robotic systems?
What are some next opportunities for engineered machines to improve human performance?
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Invited Talks
Dr. Chen Li
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Talk title: Multi-legged locomotor transitions in complex 3-D terrain
Dr. Tommaso Lenzi
Assistant Professor, University of Utah
Talk title: Better, Faster, Stronger, … Lighter? Engineering Next-gen Robotic Leg Prostheses
Dr. Jenna Monroy
Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College
Talk title: Muscles as tunable springs: from molecular mechanisms to animal movement
Dr. Amir Patel
Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
Talk title: Do real cheetahs use their tails like cheetah-inspired robots? Assessing the contribution of the tail to pitch stability in decelerating cheetahs.
Dr. Janneke Schwaner
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California-Irvine
Talk title: Mechanics of a kangaroo rat (D. deserti) escape response
Dr. Kota Takahashi
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Talk title: Energetics of Human Feet: From Musculoskeletal Mechanisms to Application of Simple Wearable Devices
Moderators
Dr. Greg Sawicki
Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Sasha Voloshina
Assistant Professor, University of California-Irvine
Dr. Chris Arellano
Assistant Professor, University of Houston
Poster Session
Below you can find information on the posters that will be presented during Episode 1: (Bio)Mechanics. All abstracts and posters have been uploaded.
Room 1
Is it the same when we go outside? - Measuring real world stability
Aaron N. Best, Amy R. Wu
Modelling Neuromusculoskeletal Response to Functional Electrical Stimulation
Albert Peiret, Javier Gil-Castilloy, Javier Pinay, Marcel Jané, Juan C. Morenoy, Antonio Del Ama-Espinosaz, Josep M. Font-Llagunes
Simulating Walking for Developing Metabolic Estimation Methods
Alex Dzewaltowski, Seungmoon Song, Philippe Malcom
Designing a Segmented Leg with an Embedded Nonlinear Strict Mode
Anna Sesselmann, Florian Loeffl, Cosimo Della Santina, Maximo A. Roa, Alin Albu-Schäffer
Bandwidth testing of a semi-rigid hip exoskeleton
Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi, Prokopios Antonellis, Sara Myers, Iraklis Pipinos, Philippe Malcolm
Reduced Order Model of Lamprey-Inspired Wall Climbing
Brian Van Stratum, Kourosh Shoele, Jonathan Clark
Room 2
Fast Trip Detection Using Continuous Wavelet
Chadi Ellouzi, Mitja Trkov
Series Elastic Gearing and Stiffness for an Airborne Energization Leg
Chang Liu, Mark Plecnik
Balance control during hand-walking
Charlotte Le Mouel
Investigating Gait Individuality Across Ambulation Modes
Emma Reznick, Robert D. Gregg
How much can viscosity explain muscle-driven hopping regulation?
Fabio Izzi, Alexander Badri-Sprowitz, Daniel F. B. Haeufle
Fitting Task Specific Elastic Potential for Robotic Legs
Florian Loeffl, Fabian Beck, Alexander Werner
Room 3
Stiffening Cantilever-Disk Springs for the OSL
Gray Thomas, Elliott J. Rouse
Tumbling Locomotion Using Two-Fold Symmetric Mechanisms
Hamza Asif, Jonathan E. Clark
Effect of footplate stiffness on push off power when walking with posterior leaf spring ankle foot orthoses
Han Houdijk, Yvette Kerkum, Wieke Philippart
Design of a Compliant Low Profile Prosthetic Foot with Uniform Stress Distribution
Harrison Bartlett, Brian E. Lawson
Design of a Novel Mechatronic System to Test Prosthetic Feet Under Specific Gait Activity Loads
Heidi Peterson, Amos G. Winter
Flexible spinal cord for a quadruped robot
Jaime Arcos-Legarda, Walter Iacomacci, Daniel Patino, Juan Ramirez
Room 4
Design of 2-DoF Parallel Mechanism Based Robotic Tails for Dynamic Body Orientation Control
Jiajun An, Xiangyu Chu, Sing Tak Chow, K. W. Samuel Au
SPM analysis of ankle kinetics during single-leg hopping in children and adults
Matthew Beerse, Jianhua Wu
Low-Dimensional Individualized Continuous-Task Joint Kinematic Modelling
Jose Montes Perez, Gray C. Thomas, Robert D. Gregg
3D Passive Dynamics-inspired Walking Actuated by Open Loop Leg Extension
Justin Yim, Kamal Carter, Sharfin Islam, Sarah Bergbreiter, Aaron M. Johnson
Using dynamic mean ankle moment arm to generate a biomimetic prosthetic ankle control law
Katherine Heidi Fehr, Jenny A. Kent, Jennifer K. Leestma, Jasmine Nakum, Matthew J. Major, Peter G. Adamczyk
Evaluating the performance of Hill-type and titin-clutch models in predicting in vivo muscle force during perturbed walking and running
Siwoo Jeong, Monica Daley, Kiisa Nishikawa
Room 5
Analysis of Week-long Inertial Sensor Data, Lessons Learned
Lauro Ojeda, Phuoc Nguyen, Mary C. Spires, James Leonard
More is not always better: modeling the effects of Achilles tendon compliance
Lindsey Trejo, Gregory Sawicki
Development of mature locomotion patterns in children
Margit M Bach, Andreas Daffertshofer, Nadia Dominici
J-Spring Catapult: A Robotic Ankle-Foot Prosthesis
Matthew Handford, Hugh Herr
A model of muscle force and impedance
Matthew Millard, David Franklin, Walter Herzog
FlipWalker: a somersaulting mobile robot based on a weird ancient toy
Phoebe Tan, Matthew Robertson
Room 6
Discrepancy modeling of ankle exoskeleton walking
Megan Ebers, Michael C. Rosenberg, J. Nathan Kutz, Katherine M. Steele
2 DoF robotic ankle exoskeleton
Michael Jacobson, Myunghee Kim
The effect of external lateral stabilization on energy cost of walking–A meta-analysis
Mohammadreza Mahaki, Marco J M Hoozemans, Han Houdijk, Jaap H. van Dieën, Sjoerd M Bruijn
Forward dynamic simulations predict the effects of orthosis stiffness on gait in plantarflexor weakness
Niels Waterval, Thomas Geijtenbeek, Frans Nollet, Bernadett Kiss, Marjolein M. van der Krogt, Jaap Harlaar, Kirsten Veerkamp, Merel-Anne Brehm, Ajay Seth
Using Hip Trajectory Error for designing prosthetic feet for prosthetic knees
Nina Petelina, Amos G. Winter V
Sensing physical interaction to better traverse cluttered obstacles
Qihan Xuan, Chen Li
Room 7
The Basilisk Boot Project: Development of a Foot-Ankle Exoskelet on to Navigate Dissipative Terrains
Qingyi Lou, Maharshi Mrittika Khan, Michael Bick, Peter Oliveira Soens
Co-opting wings and legs to self-right on ground
Ratan Othayoth, Chen Li
Run, Fly, or Both? An Exploration of the Utility of Rotor-Equipped Legged Robots
Ryan Dingman, Jonathan E. Clark, Christian Hubicki
External power as a proxy for energy cost: Walking entrainment with machine oscillations
Ryan Schroeder, James Croft, John Bertram
Bridging Walking and Slithering – Stokesian Locomotion
Shai Revzen, Dan Zhao, Glenna Clifton, Brian Bittner, Nicholas Gravish
Room 8
Predictive Neurobiomechanical Simulations using SCONE
Thomas Geijtenbeek, Frans C.T. van der Helm
Using a ‘muscle avatar’ model to investigate the functions of human tibialis anterior during walking
Thomas Huck, Jayishni N. Maharaj, Kiisa Nishikawa
Reducing the metabolic cost of downhill walking through passive dissipation
Tim van der Zee, Koen K. Lemaire, Arthur D. Kuo
Artificial Pelvis for Assistive Walking
Umer Huzaifa, Ziyan Liu
Challenges in Modeling of BLDC Motors for Design of Lightweight Robotic Systems
Ung Hee Lee, Elliott J. Rouse
Room 9
Toward a cycic model of human gait
Yaron Glazer
Long-Term Real-World Tracking using Wearable Sensors
Yisen Wang, Lauro V. Ojeda, Peter G. Adamczyk
Estimation of Knee Impedance During Exoskeleton Assisted Gait
Yves Nazon, Elliott J. Rouse
A Spatial Template for Generalized Dynamic Climbing
Zaid Shah, Jonathan E. Clark
Leg velocity data predicts heel-strike event better than the toe-off for amputee population
Zohaib Aftab, Nazia Gillani