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?

We strongly encourage attendees to add questions to this list that align with topics in (Bio)Mechanics! Please add your questions for the panel in the form below. You may include your name/affiliation or remain anonymous.

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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

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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

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Dr. Greg Sawicki

Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Dr. Sasha Voloshina

Assistant Professor, University of California-Irvine

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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

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Is it the same when we go outside? - Measuring real world stability
Aaron N. Best, Amy R. Wu

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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

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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

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Bandwidth testing of a semi-rigid hip exoskeleton
Arash Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi, Prokopios Antonellis, Sara Myers, Iraklis Pipinos, Philippe Malcolm

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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

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Series Elastic Gearing and Stiffness for an Airborne Energization Leg
Chang Liu, Mark Plecnik

Balance control during hand-walking
Charlotte Le Mouel

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Investigating Gait Individuality Across Ambulation Modes
Emma Reznick, Robert D. Gregg

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How much can viscosity explain muscle-driven hopping regulation?
Fabio Izzi, Alexander Badri-Sprowitz, Daniel F. B. Haeufle

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Fitting Task Specific Elastic Potential for Robotic Legs
Florian Loeffl, Fabian Beck, Alexander Werner

Room 3

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Stiffening Cantilever-Disk Springs for the OSL
Gray Thomas, Elliott J. Rouse

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Tumbling Locomotion Using Two-Fold Symmetric Mechanisms
Hamza Asif, Jonathan E. Clark

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Effect of footplate stiffness on push off power when walking with posterior leaf spring ankle foot orthoses
Han Houdijk, Yvette Kerkum, Wieke Philippart

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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

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Flexible spinal cord for a quadruped robot
Jaime Arcos-Legarda, Walter Iacomacci, Daniel Patino, Juan Ramirez

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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

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SPM analysis of ankle kinetics during single-leg hopping in children and adults
Matthew Beerse, Jianhua Wu

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Low-Dimensional Individualized Continuous-Task Joint Kinematic Modelling
Jose Montes Perez, Gray C. Thomas, Robert D. Gregg

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3D Passive Dynamics-inspired Walking Actuated by Open Loop Leg Extension
Justin Yim, Kamal Carter, Sharfin Islam, Sarah Bergbreiter, Aaron M. Johnson

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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

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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

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Analysis of Week-long Inertial Sensor Data, Lessons Learned
Lauro Ojeda, Phuoc Nguyen, Mary C. Spires, James Leonard

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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

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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

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FlipWalker: a somersaulting mobile robot based on a weird ancient toy
Phoebe Tan, Matthew Robertson

Room 6

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Discrepancy modeling of ankle exoskeleton walking
Megan Ebers, Michael C. Rosenberg, J. Nathan Kutz, Katherine M. Steele

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2 DoF robotic ankle exoskeleton
Michael Jacobson, Myunghee Kim

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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

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Using Hip Trajectory Error for designing prosthetic feet for prosthetic knees
Nina Petelina, Amos G. Winter V

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Sensing physical interaction to better traverse cluttered obstacles
Qihan Xuan, Chen Li

Room 7

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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

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Co-opting wings and legs to self-right on ground
Ratan Othayoth, Chen Li

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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

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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

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Reducing the metabolic cost of downhill walking through passive dissipation
Tim van der Zee, Koen K. Lemaire, Arthur D. Kuo

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Artificial Pelvis for Assistive Walking
Umer Huzaifa, Ziyan Liu

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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

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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

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Leg velocity data predicts heel-strike event better than the toe-off for amputee population
Zohaib Aftab, Nazia Gillani