CARE Lab Research

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The growing population of individuals facing physical disabilities due to conditions like cardiovascular diseases, traumatic brain injury, and aging presents a challenge for them to perform everyday tasks. Wearable robotic systems can be a viable solution to provide cooperation of movement assistance for amputees with residual limbs using a powered prosthesis or aid in augmenting impaired limbs from neuromotor control deficiency such as a stroke using a powered exoskeleton. We envision advanced powered prosthetics and exoskeletons seamlessly integrate with the human body, providing not just assistance, but true cooperation and enhanced capability. Our main focus is to create transformative wearable robots that can improve people with limited mobility by understanding the dynamic interactions between the human body and the affected limb. This can then translate to developing novel control strategies for wearable devices. By advancing both the design and control of wearable robotic systems, our goal is to empower individuals with mobility limitations to regain independence and improve their ability to perform activities of daily living.