Keynote Speaker
Haoyong Yu
National University of Singapore, Singapore
BIO: Dr. Yu Haoyong is an Associate Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s Degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and his PhD degree from Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT). He directs the Biorobotics Lab at NUS. His current research interests include biomedical robotics and devices, rehabilitation engineering and assistive technology, service robots, human robot interaction, intelligent control, and machine learning. He have published more than 250 journal papers in robotics and control areas and have applied for more than 20 international patents. His team has developed series of wearable robotics for medical and industrial applications. Prof. Yu is currently the Senior Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
Speech Title: Intelligent Wearable Robotics with Better Portability, Safety, and Comfort
Abstract: With the rapid population aging in many developed countries, wearable robotics, commonly known as exoskeleton robots, are believed to have wide applications in both industry and Healthcare. However, the current market size of wearable robotics is still quite small compared with other robotics sectors due to the limitations in portability, safety, and user comfort. At NUS Biorobotics Lab, we are developing a series of wearable robotics for rehabilitation and worker assistance. We adopt a modular approach based on a set of core technologies and components developed in the lab, which includes compliant actuation, cable drive mechanism, wearable sensors and learning based movement detection algorithms. We achieved better portability with novel differential mechanism design and cable driven transmission, safer human robot interaction with compliant actuation, and better human robot movement synchronization with novel sensing strategies. In this talk, I will give a brief introduction to some of our wearable robots in real world applications.
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