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Jessica Banks

Jessica Banks. MIT AI Lab Humanoid Robotics Group & Living Machines. Prosthetics and Legged Robots. Principal Investigator: Hugh Herr. The MIT Leg Lab: From Robots to Rehab. State of the Art: Prosthetist defines knee damping. Otto Bock C-Leg. Virtual Prosthetist. Virtual Biomechanist.

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Jessica Banks

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  1. Jessica Banks MIT AI Lab Humanoid Robotics Group & Living Machines

  2. Prosthetics and Legged Robots Principal Investigator: Hugh Herr

  3. The MIT Leg Lab: From Robots to Rehab

  4. State of the Art: Prosthetist defines knee damping Otto Bock C-Leg

  5. Virtual Prosthetist Virtual Biomechanist The MIT Knee: A Step Towards Autonomy

  6. How The MIT Knee Works: Mechanism

  7. Knee Position Axial Force Bending Moment Measured Local to Knee Axis (no ankle or foot sensors) How The MIT Knee Works:Sensors Amputee can use vertical shock system

  8. The MIT Knee In Action

  9. Series-Elastic Actuators(Muscle-Tendon)

  10. Controlling Force, not Position Weight: 2.5 lbs. Stroke: 3 in. Max. Force: 300 lbs. Force Bandwidth: 30 Hz

  11. Towards the Future: Distributed SensingMeasuring User Intent with Bions

  12. Towards the Future: Force Controllable Orthoses

  13. Summary Advances in the science of legged locomotion, bioactuation, and sensing are necessary to step towards the next generation of O&P leg systems

  14. Collaborators • Leg Laboratory • Gill Pratt • Biomechatronics Group • Robert Dennis (UM) • Nadia Rosenthal (MGH) • Richard Marsh (NE) • Spaulding Gait Laboratory • Casey Kerrigan • Pat Riley

  15. Sponsors • Össur • DARPA • Schaeffer Foundation

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