Robots That Make You Stronger - Assistive Robotics
From: Product Design & Development - 10/09/2013
By:  William Durfee

William Durfee is Professor and Director of Design Education in the
Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. He
received the AB degree in Engineering and Applied Physics from Harvard
University and the MS and PhD degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His professional interests include the
design of medical devices, rehabilitation engineering, advanced orthotics,
biomechanics, and physiology of human muscle including electrical stimulation
of muscle, product design, and design education.

View the TEDx video (16:41) at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LerlGj_1tco
http://www.pddnet.com/videos/2013/10/robots-make-you-stronger

Links:
William Durfee
http://www.me.umn.edu/~wkdurfee/

Human / Machine Design Lab
https://sites.google.com/a/umn.edu/hmdl/home