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Enhancing human physical capability
Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
Space Exploration Initiative
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
We've designed a health system strengthening model to support and expand the prosthetic and orthotic sector that cares for people wit…
Three-dimensional Digital Knitting of Intelligent Textile Sensor for Activity Recognition and Biomechanical MonitoringWe present an ap…
SpaceHuman is a soft robotics device designed to facilitate the exploration of environments with reduced gravity in a view of democratizati…
A team of Boston surgeons and scientists has developed a new approach to amputation.
Existing upper extremity prosthesis controllers have limited functionality and place high cognitive demands on users, both of which contrib…
Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin.
The journey to equitable access to bionic technology in Sierra Leone.
Professor Hugh Herr and graduate student Christopher Shallal are working on next-generation biomimetic limbs.
PhD student is designing and building a sustainable care and delivery model in Sierra Leone
The Road to 2050, a six-part docuseries from The Franklin Institute, examines the ways that today's technology will shape the future.
Magnetomicrometry uses implantable magnets to track the position of muscles, potentially improving the control and efficacy of prosthetics.
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
Alum Shriya Srinivasan, Dr. Matthew Carty, climber Jim Ewing, and others join STAT and Nova PBS for a conversation about the Augmented film.
"Augmented" is a Nova PBS documentary episode that premiers Wednesday, 2/23, featuring Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr.
Augmented is a Nova PBS documentary produced by STAT News, which follows the development of a new amputation procedure and bionic prostheses
Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr speaks with Marwa ElDiwiny on a recent episode of the IEEE RAS Soft Robotics podcast.
As developers of prosthetic technology, we’re dedicated to understanding the challenges that people with limb loss face, not just after amp…
C. R. Taylor, S. S. Srinivasan, S. H. Yeon, M. K. O'Donnell, T. J. Roberts, H. M. Herr, Magnetomicrometry, Sci.Robot. 6, eabg0656 (2021), DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abg0656
Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception,…
The design of next-generation bionic ankles and knees aims to improve bionic actuators on all metrics: range of motion, power density, band…
Although there have been great advances in the control of lower extremity prostheses, transitioning between terrains such as ramps or stair…
Amputation, muscle weakness, and nerve damage can make it difficult to perform simple daily tasks. In this project, we are developing a mi…
We plan to use magnetomicrometry to provide natural control over prosthetic limbs
Hugh Herr discusses the implications of the technology behind his work, from regenerative medicine and surgery to elderly mobility.
For the robotics category of the innovation series, the USPS chose the bionic prosthesis designed by Media Lab PhD graduate Matt Carney
The stamp is part of a new USPS series on innovation, representing computing, biomedicine, genome sequencing, robotics, and solar technology
Sumini, V., Muccillo, M., Milliken, J., Ekblaw, A. and Paradiso, J., 2020. SpaceHuman: A Soft Robotic Prosthetic For Space Exploration. [online] Dl.acm.org. Available at: <https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3334480.3383087> [Accessed: 11 May 2020]
K. Endo, E. Swart, H. M. Herr, An artificial gastrocnemius for a transtibial prosthesis, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp.5034-5037, Sep. 2009.
M. F. Eilenberg, H. Geyer, and H. M. Herr. Control of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis based on a neuromuscular model, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 164-173, 2010.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, L. M. Mooney, G. A. Elliott and H. M. Herr. Antagonistic Active Knee Prosthesis. A Metabolic Cost of Walking Comparison with a Variable-Damping Prosthetic Knee, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, 2011.
J. Wang, O. A. Kannape, and H. M. Herr Proportional EMG Control of Ankle Plantar Flexion in a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
L. M. Mooney and H. M. Herr Continuously-Variable Series-Elastic Actuator, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
D. Paluska and H. M. Herr. The effect of series elasticity on actuator power and work output: Implications for robotic and prosthetic joint design, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 54, pp. 667–673, 2006.
S. K. Au, P. Dilworth, and H. M. Herr. An ankle-foot emulation system for the study of human walking biomechanics, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, pp. 2939-2945, May 2006.
J. Johansson, D. Sherrill, P. Riley, P. Bonato, and H. M. Herr. A clinical comparison of variable-damping and mechanically-passive prosthetic knee devices, American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, vol. 84, no. 8, pp. 563-575, 2005.
H. M. Herr. Multidisciplinary approaches to limb loss: A chain of events leading to a single step, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, White House/VA Conference, Emerging Technologies, Washington, D.C., pp. 76-80, Oct. 2004.
H. M. Herr and R. Kornbluh. New horizons for orthotic and prosthetic technology: Artificial muscle, Smart Structures and Materials: Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices, San Diego, CA, Mar. 2004.
H. M. Herr and A. Wilkenfeld. User-adaptive control of a magnetorhelogical prosthetic knee, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 30, pp. 42-55, 2003.
S. K. Au, P. Bonato, and H. M. Herr. An EMG-position controlled system for an active ankle-foot prosthesis: An initial experimental study, IEEE 9th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR): Frontiers of the Human-Machine Interface, Chicago, IL, pp. 375-379, Jun. 2005.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, and H. M. Herr. Agonist-antagonist active knee prosthesis: A preliminary study in level-ground walking, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development (JRRD), vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 361-73, 2009.
E.C. Martinez-Villalpando, J. Weber, G. Elliott, and H. M. Herr. Design of an agonist-antagonist active knee prosthesis, Proceedings of IEEE BIORobotics Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 2008.
S. K. Au and H. M. Herr. Initial experimental study on dynamic interaction between an amputee and a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, Workshop on Dynamic Walking: Mechanics and Control of Human and Robot Locomotion, Ann Arbor, MI, May 2006.
S. K. Au, and H. M. Herr. Powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 52-59, 2008.
O. A. Kannape and H. M. Herr Volitional Control of Ankle Plantar Flexion in a Powered Transtibial Prosthesis during Stair-Ambulation, International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, August. 2014.
S. K. Au, J. Weber, and H. Herr. Biomechanical design of a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE 10th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 298–303, 2007.
S. K. Au, J. Weber, H. M. Herr and E.C. Martinez-Villapando, Powered ankle-foot prosthesis for the improvement of amputee ambulation, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology International Conference, Lyon, France, pp. 3020-3026, 2007.
E. C. Martinez-Villalpando, H. M. Herr. Estimation of ground reaction force and zero moment point on a powered ankle-foot prosthesis, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology International Conference, Lyon, France, pp. 4687-4692, 2007.
E. J. Rouse, L. M. Mooney, E. C. Martinez-Villalpando and H. M. Herr A clutchable series-elastic actuator: design of a robotic knee prosthesis for minimum energy consumption, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2013
M. T. Farrell, H. M. Herr
S. Au, J. Weber, H.M Herr
S. K. Au, M. Berniker, H. M. Herr
D. Sengeh, H. M. Herr
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
Duval, JF "FlexSEA: flexible, scalable electronics architecture for wearable robotic applications"
E. J. Rouse, N. C. Villagaray-Carski, R. W. Emerson, H. M. Herr
J.F. Duval, H. M. Herr
Stolyarov, R. M., Burnett, G., & Herr, H. (2017). Translational Motion Tracking of Leg Joints for Enhanced Prediction of Walking Tasks. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 1-1. doi:10.1109/tbme.2017.2718528