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Skip to main content Harvard Biodesign Lab Augmenting and restoring human performance HOME Research ▼ Soft Exosuits Soft Robotics Smart Medical Devices Past Projects People ▼ Lab Members Collaborators Opportunities Publications ▼ Selected Publications All Publications Extended Abstracts Education ▼ Engineering Education Research Courses and Activities Outreach Resources ▼ Facilities and Capabilities Acknowledgements Supplementary Data News ▼ Press Awards Lab News Lab Wiki Soft Exosuits Next generation soft wearable robots for enhancing or restoring mobility of healthy and physically disabled individuals Soft Robotics New design, fabrication, modeling, and control approaches for soft actuators, sensors, and integrated robotic systems Smart Medical Devices Advanced manufacturing approaches for mm-scale devices with integrated actuation and sensing for minimally invasive procedures -- Announcements Biorob 2020 will be June 29 th – July 2 nd in NY. Check out the conference website here: https://biorob2020nyc.org/ About the Lab The brings together researchers from the engineering, industrial design, medical, and business communities to develop robots and smart medical devices that are specifically intended for interacting and cooperating with humans. Our work is accomplished through new approaches to design and fabrication of actuation and sensing components (e.g. using soft materials) in addition to the development of appropriate control strategies for systems that integrate these components. These technologies are inspired by the results of experiments in human biomechanics and their development is influenced by time spent in the operating room to understand the unmet needs from clinicians. Current research projects focus on wearable robotics to assist disabled and able-bodied people, as well as tools for minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of disease. Lab members work closely with industrial partners and technical experts to translate these technologies into products that meet real-world medical needs. The brings together researchers from the engineering, industrial design, medical, and business communities to develop technologies for smart medical devices. These technologies are inspired by the results of experiments in human biomechanics and their development is influenced by time spent in the operating room to understand the unmet needs from clinicians. Lab members work closely with the Wyss Institute's industrial partners and technical experts to translate these technologies into products that meet real-world medical needs. -- News Lab News 07/2019 - The Soft Robotic Glove project is featured as part of the Nature Exhibition in the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York City. Read more... 03/2018 – Harvard’s Office of Technology Development announce a licensing agreement with HoliStick Medical, a Paris-based startup, for a light reflecting catheter developed in the lab in collaboration with Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, and MIT. 03/2018 – Josh Gafford successfully defended his PhD thesis! 02/2018 – Ye Ding and Myunghee Kim et al.'s work on human in the loop optimization of control parameters for a soft exosuit, a collaboration with Scott Kuindersma, is published in Science Robotics. 01/2018 – Ye Ding successfully defended his PhD thesis! 07/2017 – Louis Awad and Jaehyun Bae et al.'s work on a soft exosuit that improves walking in stroke patients is published in Science Translational Medicine. 05/2017 – Giuk Lee, Jinsoo Kim, and Fausto Panizzolo et al.'s work on reducing the metabolic cost of running with a tethered soft exosuit is published in Science Robotics. 01/2017 – Brendan Quinlivan and Sangjun Lee et al.'s paper on assistance magnitude vs. metabolic cost reductions with a multi-articular soft exosuit is featured on the online cover of Science Robotics. 01/2017 – Ellen Roche et al.'s work on a soft robotic sleeve for supporting heart function is featured on the cover of Science Translational Medicine. 11/2016 – Seun Araromi gives a talk on stretchable compliant pressure transducers at the IEEE Sensors 2016 conference in Orlando, Florida. ... Read more about Lab News Research Highlights The Soft Exosuit project is featured on the online cover of the January 2017 issue of Science Robotics Joshua Gafford's work on millimeter-scale force sensors is featured on the cover of the IEEE Sensors journal . Ellen Roche et al.'s work on a soft robotic sleeve for supporting heart function is featured on the January 2017 cover of Science Translational Medicine . 672c07e254fefcd6c2dc1cf83e7ba4e4 60 Oxford Street 4th floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Admin Login OpenScholar...