Watch the competition video from ‪@MichiganEngineering‬ here:
• A powered exoskeleton ...
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What can robots actually do... today? Can they help the average person beat a high jumper?
“The Testing Lab” is a new series from the University of Michigan Robotics Department. We put robots to the test to see just how far they have come, and how far they still have to go.
The first installment is focused on powered exoskeletons. These robotic exoskeletons have the possibility of aiding a wide range of users, from those who do physical labor to those who need help with mobility to the elderly. Can it do something more easily measurable, like jump?
To see, Emily Bywater from the Neurobionics Lab at Michigan Robotics takes a powered ankle exoskeleton, designs and develops the control algorithms for jumping, and goes up against a high jumper from the U-M Track & Field team.
At the premiere, we accompanied the competition video with:
0:00 Bywater presents a tech talk on the engineering and results.
12:41 The team conducts a live demo of the powered ankle exo.
13:31 A panel discussion covers everything you've wanted to know about robotic exoskeletons.
Moderator: Dr. Michael Gonzalez
Panelists:
Dr. Bobby Gregg
Eva Mungai
Emily Bywater
Dr. Elliott Rouse
Dr. Luke Mooney
More on:
University of Michigan Robotics: robotics.umich.edu
Neurobionics Lab: neurobionics.robotics.umich.edu