In my second of a series of posts in the run up to our fantastic event - the International Robotics Showcase - I wanted to concentrate on another exciting aspect of robotics engineering.
A huge area of robotics engineering is looking to help people who are unable to walk - to walk again. With the help of robotic limbs this is becoming a reality for more and more people.
At the forefront of this work is Dr Homayoon Kazerooni who is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he also serves as the director of the Berkeley Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory.
Dr Kazerooni is a leading expert in robotics, control sciences, exoskeletons, human-machine systems and augmentation, bioengineering, mechatronics design, intelligent assist devices, and power and propulsion.
And Dr Kazerooni will be in London on 1 July to speak at our International Robotics Showcase. You can register to attend to hear him and many other global experts discussing the latest in robotics engineering for the relatively cheap price of £45!
Dr. Kazerooni’s work focuses on the control of human-machine systems specific to lower human extremities. He has created the first energetically-autonomous, orthotic, lower extremity exoskeleton that allows its user to carry 200-pound weights in various terrains for an extended period, without becoming physically overwhelmed. Dr. Kazerooni has also developed lower-extremity technology to aid persons who have experienced a stroke, spinal cord injuries, or health conditions that obligate them to use a wheelchair. His medical exoskeleton, Ekso, has successfully allowed those who have been paralyzed to walk, stand, and speak face to face with peers in an upright position.
In this inspiring video he talks about some of this work.
And he is also CEO of suitX, a company designing and manufacturing medical and industrial exoskeletons and the winner of the $1M top prize in the international Robotics for Good Competition for its pediatric medical exoskeleton.
If you want to hear from Dr Kazerooni and many other world renowned experts in robotics engineering then please register for the International Robotics Showcase.