Building Block for Exoskeleton Could Lead to More Independence among the Elderly From: Medical Design Technology - 11/12/2013 Researchers are studying human movement as they work on creating an exoskeleton to benefit elderly patients, stroke patients and paraplegics. Working with a senior student design team in mechanical engineering, Gaurav Mukherjee, a UC master’s student in mechanical engineering in UC’s College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS), and Grant Schaffner, an assistant professor in UC’s Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, designed and built a spring-assisted leg exoskeleton that can help people stand and sit. Further research partnerships with Shikha Chaganti, a master’s degree student in computer science, and her advisor, Anca K. Ralescu, a UC professor of computer science, are examining how a brain-computer interface can interpret how to operate the exoskeleton with what the user wants to do. Read the entire article and view a video (0:06) at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2013/11/building-block-exoskeleton-could-lead-more-independence-among-elderly http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.aspx?id=18659 Links: Engineering Students from University of Cincinnati Works on Leg Exoskeleton http://www.dailytech.com/Engineering+Students+from+Univ+of+Cincinnati+Works+on+Leg+Exoskeleton/article33733.htm Gaurav Mukherjee http://ceas.uc.edu/hucero/contacts/gaurav.html Grant Schaffner http://aerospace.ceas.uc.edu/people/people_fac-staff/fac-staff/fac/grant_schaffner.html http://ceas.uc.edu/hucero/speakers/grant.html International Human-Centered Robotics Symposium Website http://ceas.uc.edu/hucero.html