The Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence team performs research in four major categories:
Exo-skeletons and assistive systems
- Optimization of the design and control of lower limb exoskeletons
- Optimization of the design and control of spinal exoskeletons
- Optimization of the design and control of mobility assistance devices for the elderly
Human movement
- Human kinematics and dynamics
- Inverse optimal control and motor control
- Emotional body language
Humanoids
- Benchmarking framework for locomotion of humanoid robots
- Optimal motion generation for humanoids
- Pattern generators for humanoid robots
Modelling and algorithms
- Full body human and robotic dynamics modelling
- Movement frameworks and metric analysis
- Optimization and optimal control algorithms