May 2021
Dr. Rouse was invited to speak at the International Electric Machines and Motor Drivers Conference. He presented and participated in a panel entitled “Motor Drives for Robotics and Industrial Automation”.
April 2021
Dr. Rouse presented a talk on medical robotics at WearRAcon 2021. This conference, organized by the Wearable Robotics Association, brings together leaders of industry, academia, government and medicine to discuss the latest in wearable robotics technology.
February 2021
Dr. Rouse was recently a guest on the Conversations on Bionics and Pain Podcast to discuss the Open-Source Leg. Have a listen here!
Multiple Neurobionics Lab members presented research at the University of Michigan’s 2021 Engineering Research Symposium. Varun Shetty won the Engineering Innovation Award and Kim Ingraham received an honorable mention for the Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for outstanding Ph.D. Research. The full list of winners can be found here. Great job everyone!
November 2020
The Open Source Leg and Dr. Rouse’s work to increase collaboration in the field of bionic limbs were recently highlighted in an article in digitaltrends. To learn more about the project be sure to visit the OSL project page.
Congrats to Dr. Rouse who recently was promoted to IEEE Senior Member!
October 2020
Congrats to Dr. Amanda Shorter on successfully defending her dissertation! Amanda received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University. Great Job!
September 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Alejandro Acozar on the successful defense of his dissertation! Alejandro earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Michigan. Great job, Alejandro!
Dr. Rouse received a NSF grant with collaborators Dr. Bobby Gregg and Dr. Eric Rombokas. This grant will build on the Open-Source Leg (OSL) project with the goal of establishing open source software that will enable improved torque control as well as the ability to let the user to control the OSL based on their body movements.
August 2020
Best of luck to Tyler as he leaves Michigan to begin his new position as an Assistant Professor at UCLA! Read more about his new lab here. We’ll miss you!
We would like to welcome Kevin Best to the lab! He will be pursuing his PhD in Robotics under the joint advisement of Dr. Elliott Rouse (Neurbionics) and Dr. Bobby Gregg (LocoLab).
We’d also like to welcome Chelsea Richards to Neurobionics! She is an Orthotic Resident at the University of Michigan Orthotics and Prosthetics Center.
April 2020
The Neurobionics Lab was named as one of the most innovative robotics companies of 2020 by Fast Money. Read the full list here.
February 2020
We’d like to welcome Hannah Frame to the lab as a Research Engineer! Hannah completed her Masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in Dr. Rick Neptune’s Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab.
July 2019
Congratulations to Dr. Max Shepherd on the successful defense of his dissertation! Max earned his PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, and has the honor of being the first doctoral student to graduate from the Neurobionics Lab. Well done, Max!