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Matt Carney
Mechanical, electrical, and dynamic control systems recreate biological behavior with synthetic hardware.
The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, band…
Lower extremity amputation leads to limitations of biological function of individuals, which leads to challenges remaining physically activ…
Current unmotorized prostheses do not provide adequate energy return during late stance to improve level-ground locomotion. Robotic prosthe…
Martinez-Villalpando, E. "Design and Evaluation of a Biomimetic Agonist-Antagonist Active Knee Prosthesis"
E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Clutchable series-elastic actuator: Implications for prosthetic knee design International Journal of Robotics Research, 2014, in press
Hugh Herr and his Biomechatronics research group at the MIT Media Lab have developed the first powered ankle-foot prosthesis. The novel pro…
E.C. Martinez-Villalpando, J. Weber, G. Elliott, H. M. Herr