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.
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, joined Mary Ito on the CRAM podcast to discuss his research on improving electric and autonomous vehicles, developing exoskeletons for stroke patients, and increasing the performance of Olympic and pro athletes.
PhD candidate AliAsghar MohammadiNasrabadi successfully defended his PhD thesis "Optimizing Total Hip Arthroplasty using Predictive Dynamic Simulation of Human Sit-to-Stand Movement and Deep Learning for Flexible Spinopelvic Model Identification" - Congratulations!
This week, we welcomed Professor Míriam Febrer-Nafría from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya for discussions and data collection for her research on how neurologic and musculoskeletal impairments affect mobility.
PhD candidate Keaton Inkol successfully defended his PhD thesis "Dynamics and model-based control of balance recovery in humans using lower-limb exoskeletons." - Congratulations!
PhD student Kevin Zhu presented MoRG's research in computer vision and sports at the 2023 International Conference on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support (icSPORTS) conference, including research in fencing and chess.
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, presented a seminar on "Optimizing Sports Performance using Predictive Dynamic Simulation and Machine Learning" at the College of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourgto.
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, hosted the panel discussion on "Future of Robotics and Automation" at the 2023 Tech Horizons Executive Forum.
John McPhee, Professor of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo and the Canada Research Chair in Biomechatronic System Dynamics, received the prestigious 2023 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) Gold Medal, the highest honour awarded by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE).
MASc student Vasylysa Korovkina presented her work on "Electrically controlled 1-DOF forearm-hand active prosthesis for children" during the closing ceremony for the Summer Program for Students at Risk from Ukraine.