Tag: Assistive Technology
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Knee exoskeletons to relieve arthritis pain, preserve mobility
Extending a motorized brace approach to take the load off arthritic knees, a U-M research team shifts from boosting strength to reducing joint contact forces.
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Games for rehab: Fast communication for interactive VR and AR
U-M-led team to tackle latency for wheelchair-friendly AR/VR soccer matches and large-scale VR word puzzles for players fending off the progression of Parkinson’s.
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This digital hand enables hands-free virtual reality
More than just a stand-in, the AI-powered agent can complete tasks by following simple voice commands that don’t include nitty-gritty details.
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Expanding a commercial robotic prosthetic leg’s benefits with advanced control
Paired with custom control software, Össur’s powered knee prosthesis helped study participants sit, stand and walk more easily.
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Versatile knee exo for safer lifting
Helping out the quad muscles kept study participants lifting safely despite fatigue, with an algorithm that smoothly shifts between lifting and carrying tasks.
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New apps for visually impaired users provide virtual labels for controls and a way to explore images
With VizLens, users can touch buttons while their phones read out the labels, and Image Explorer provides a workaround for bad or missing alt text.
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Exoskeletons with personalize-your-own settings
Users who could adjust the timing, torque of an ankle exoskeleton typically found comfortable settings in under two minutes.
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Individual finger control for advanced prostheses demonstrated in primates
An electrode array implanted in the brain predicts finger motions in near real time.
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‘It’s like you have a hand again’
An ultra-precise mind-controlled prosthetic.
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Cracking the cochlea: U-M team creates mathematical model of ear’s speech center
New research paves the way for modeling the transduction of speech and music at the cochlear level.
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No sponge left behind: tags for surgical equipment
A simple, easy-to-implement technology could prevent the debilitating injuries that can occur when organs are damaged by surgical tools left in the body.
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Engineering students, teen create tech for the blind
A 17-year-old Ypsilanti high school student who is visually impaired worked with a software engineering class to develop technology that could make life easier for the blind.