Jun 17 2014
In this talk, Professor Low will present his recent research works on rehabilitation robotics. His team has developed two gait systems for different purposes. The first is an overground walking gait system, while the second system is an assistive walking device with stabilizer.
The motivation and the methodology of the research will first be described. The design of each developed gait system and the clinical results will then be presented with video demonstrations. Future issues and future work on the systems will also be discussed. The talk will conclude with a discussion on the present and future research issues of the problems considered.
Kin Huat Low is currently a professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He obtained his BSc degree from the National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, his MSc and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada. After spending two years as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, he joined Nanyang Technological University. His teaching and research interests include robotics, vibrations, impact analysis, and machine and mechanism design. He is the author/co-author of approximately 250 journal and conference papers in the areas of robotics, biomimetics, robotics, rehabilitation, impacts, power transmission systems, structural dynamics, and vibrations. His work on biomimetics and exoskeletons have won the best paper in several IEEE international conferences.
Professor Low is an Associate Editor of several journals, including Mechanism and Machine Theory, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics and the Journal of Bionic Engineering. He is also the Guest Editor of several special issues on bio-inspired systems and robotics rehabilitation. He is currently the chairman of the IEEE RAS (Robotics Automation Society) Technical Committee on bio-robotics. He has been involved in the program committee of various international conferences. Professor Low has organized several workshops and symposiums in the research fields of bio-inspired robotics.
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