MAHI Lab | Mechatronics and Haptic Interfaces Lab

In the Fundamentals of Endovascular and Vascular Surgery model motion metrics reliably differentiate competency

A Myoelectric Control Interface for Upper-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury

A review of methods for achieving upper limb movement following spinal cord injury through hybrid muscle stimulation and robotic assistance

Learning the Correct Robot Trajectory in Real-Time from Physical Human Interactions

Design and Characterization of a Passive Instrumented Hand

Multi-Sensory Stimuli Improve Distinguishability of Cutaneous Haptic Cues

Rehabilitation Robotics and Functional Electrical Stimulation

291,000 people are currently living with SCI, and 60% of them have cervical level injuries leading to tetraplegia. Restoration of arm and hand function is a top priority for this population, and while some incomplete SCI patients benefit from rehab, many require assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs). Two commonly used rehabilitation/assistance techniques are rehabilitation robotics, and functional electrical stimulation (FES), but neither have proven to be effective for long-term functional assistance. Rehabilitation robots enable precise and repeatable movements and

A Cutaneous Haptic Cue Characterization Testbed

Multi-Sensory Haptic Perception

Multi-sensory haptic cues have the potential to transmit a wider variety of information in the same amount of time as single-sensory haptic cues. However, these cues also interfere with each other, causing them to feel less salient to users. As it is critical that the multisensory cues transmitted to a user are conspicuous, we use the AIMS Testbed to investigate the perception of multisensory haptic cues and how this perception changes when cues are modified.