MIME-Version: 1.0 Server: CERN/3.0pre6 Date: Tuesday, 17-Dec-96 00:06:42 GMT Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 3028 Last-Modified: Thursday, 05-Dec-96 14:51:02 GMT 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
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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


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