Welcome to the website for the Motion Research Group in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo directed by Professor John McPhee. We specialize in dynamic simulation, model-based control, and design optimization of mechanical, mechatronic, and biomechatronic multibody systems.
News
AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi presents at the European Society of Biomechanics Conference (ESB 2024)
PDF researcher AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi presented his research at the European Society of Biomechanics Conference (ESBiomech 2024) in Edinburgh.
MoRG's exoskeleton research featured at the Ontario Biomechanics Conference (OBC)
Research on "muscle activity following postural perturbations wearing a lower limb exoskeleton" by Claudia Town, Keaton Inkol, John McPhee, and Andrew Laing was featured at the 2024 Ontario Biomechanics Conference.
MoRG research in baseball and hockey featured on the LA Times
A baseball pitching robot that spun out of the Motion Research Group (now Trajekt Sports), as well as a hockey slapshot robot (THoR), were recently featured on the Los Angeles Times.