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Human Power, Biomechanics, and Robotics Laboratory
The Human Power, Biomechanics, and Robotics Laboratory
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
212 Kimball Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853
Click here to go to the department
homepage
Statement of Purpose
Our interests are twofold; in the first place, we are interested in applying
engineering principles to understand the
mechanics of human and robotic locomotion. Secondly, we wish to
provide an opportunity for undergraduates to collaborate with
graduate students and other undergraduates in this research
and provide applications for their coursework.
Ultimately, we hope that our work will contribute to advances in medical
rehabilitation of the disabled, prosthetic development, excercise
physiology, robotic control and simulation, and the general quality
of undergraduate engineering education.
Lab Themes
- Fundamentals Of Human Locomotion
- Mechanisms Which Are Statically Unstable But Dynamically Stable
- How Kinematic Constraints Improve Human Power Output
Ongoing Research Projects
Papers
We wanted to make drafts of some of our papers accessible over the web
in .html format, but have since given up trying to do any sort of successful
conversion. Suggestions are welcome, but I have tried several methods
already.
If you would like a copy of one of our papers, please email one of us and we
will send it along.
Lab Information
Advisor:
Andy Ruina
309 Kimball Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853
607-277-5675 (H)
ruina@cornell.edu
Graduate Students:
Michael Coleman coleman@cornell.edu
Mariano Garcia garcia@cornell.edu
Anindya Chatterjee is now at Penn State at anindya@coriolis.esm.psu.edu
The undergraduate research groups meet individually about once per week
to work together and discuss progress. There is also a lab meeting every
week during which project members make a short individual presentation of
their recent accomplishments and short term goals. Participants receive
class credit (usually 3 credit hours per semester) for their work. They
are required to make a formal presentation at the end of the semester and
to submit a written report describing their work.
Comments regarding our home page, including places of interest
are welcome. Please send them to:
garcia@tam.cornell.edu