{"665892":{"#nid":"665892","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Phd Proposal by M Wu","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EM Wu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBME PhD Proposal Presentation\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EDate\u003C\/strong\u003E: 2023-03-09\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime\u003C\/strong\u003E: 10:00 am\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation \/ Meeting Link\u003C\/strong\u003E: Health Sciences Research Building, E382; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/emory.zoom.us\/j\/95029745884\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/emory.zoom.us\/j\/95029745884\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLena Ting, PhD (Advisor); Jun Ueda, PhD; Gregory Sawicki, PhD; Madeleine Hackney, PhD; Trisha Kesar, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E: Low-force hand interactions to alter human walking\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe motivation for this research is to develop intuitive low-force human-robot hand interaction controllers to alter how people walk. Such controllers have potential applications for assistive technology and physical rehabilitation, human-robot collaborative manufacturing, physical education, and recreation. This work is inspired by low-force hand interactions between humans that alter gait without explicit instructions or training. While concepts from human-human interactions can inspire human-robot interactions, the control strategies for modifying gait in human partners are not well understood and have yet to be tested in the context of hand-contact robotic devices. My central hypothesis is that low-force hand interactions in human-human and human-robot pairs alter gait intuitively without relying solely on mechanical effects. In Aim 1, I demonstrate that an expert partner dancer can use hand interactions to alter a novice\u0026rsquo;s step frequency and characterize the control strategies used. In Aim 2, I develop and validate a novel, high-fidelity emulator robot to enable testing of a variety of hand interaction controllers during gait, especially controllers based on human-human interactions. In Aim 3, I develop a novel robotic controller to alter the user\u0026rsquo;s gait and implement an admittance controller to follow the user\u0026rsquo;s intended gait, and compare effects of the controllers on walking using the emulator robot. I will analyze data on full-body kinematics, hand kinetics, and human sensorimotor ability and subjective perceptions to characterize changes to gait and the control strategies that result in these changes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Low-force hand interactions to alter human walking"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2023-02-17 15:26:18","changed_gmt":"2023-02-17 15:26:18","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2023-03-09T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2023-03-09T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2023-03-09T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2023-03-09 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2023-03-09 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2023-03-09 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}