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Neville Hogan, Ph.D.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Building: 3-146
Email: neville@mit.edu
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Newman Laboratory for Biomechanics and Human Rehabilitation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Building: 3-146
Email: neville@mit.edu
Interactive Robots for Neuro-Rehabilitation
My research in the Newman Laboratory emphasizes forceful interaction between the motor control systems of humans and machines (i.e., robots). Recent work pioneered therapeutic neurobotics to promote recovery after brain injury. It provides durable benefits even for chronic-phase stroke survivors, suggesting that with appropriate stimulation neural plasticity may be harnessed even long after injury. Devices to address balance, gait and abnormal lower-limb motor synergies, both in animals and humans, are in development or beginning trials.
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| Robots Deliver Therapy After Neurological Injury |
Hogan, N., Krebs, H.I., Rohrer, B., Palazzolo, J.J., Dipietro, L., Fasoli, S.E., Stein, J., Frontera, W.R., Volpe, B.T., (2006) Motions or Muscles? Some Behavioral Factors Underlying Robotic Assistance of Motor Recovery. VA Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 43(5):605-618.
Buerger, S.P. and Hogan, N. (2006) Relaxing Passivity for Human-Robot Interaction. Proceedings IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 4570-4575, October 9-15, 2006 , Beijing , China
Hogan, N. (2006) Force Control with A Muscle-Activated Endoskeleton. Chapter in S. Kawamura & M. Svinin (eds.) Advances in Robot Control: From Everyday Physics to Human-Like Movements pp. 201-216, Springer Verlag
