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(Neuro)physiology in human-robot interaction – BruBotics

The increased share of population towards older age brings many new challenges to the modern society. The resultant organizational and economic gap can be bridged by scientific research aiming at reducing physical fatigue and improving the productivity at work and during daily life activities. One of the current lines of research of the Department of Human Physiology is neurophysiology in human-robot interaction, which is the main research topic of BruBotics. BruBotics is a research consortium and incorporates several research groups from the VUB, such as the Department of Robotics and Multibody Mechanics (R&MM), the Computational Modeling Lab (COMO), which includes the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the VUB, and the Department of Electronics and Informatics (ETRO).


Previous experience in this field of research has been gained with experiments on human movement and brain activity, as well as experiments with lower limb prosthesis during symmetrical, asymmetrical and dual-task walking. Furthermore, the kinetics and muscle activity has been investigated in human-robot interaction. However, there is still a need to design and evaluate new generations of assistive exoskeletal devices that surpass current bottlenecks of human-robot interactions. Therefore, the upcoming experiments aim at determining and fine-tuning the effectiveness of assistive orthotic and prosthetic devices in enhancing and assisting physical performance using psycho-physiological and biomechanical measures. If brain-controlled robotics effectively assist human movement, then this would have a major positive impact on patients and healthy subjects.

Auteur: Kevin De Pauw



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