Human Physiology of Wearable Robots (PoWeR)

Current research in the lab seeks to discover physiological principles underpinning locomotion performance and apply them to develop lower-limb robotic devices capable of improving both healthy and impaired human locomotion. By focusing on the human side of the human-machine interface, the lab has begun to create a roadmap for the design of lower-limb robotic exoskeletons — wearable devices that work seamlessly in concert with the underlying physiological systems to augment human locomotion performance.