On July 27th, our lab had the opportunity to host visiting students from the Utah Asia Campus (UAC), located in Incheon, South Korea. This year, the six students had more time to spend with our lab, which let us do more activities with them. We took them through a tour of the Nielsen Rehabilitation Hospital, presented a demo of our research projects, shared lunch with them, and helped them work on a mini project to use the electrical signals in the muscles to control a virtual prosthetic hand. They particularly enjoyed controlling each other’s arms with the exoskeleton and processing their own muscle signals at the forearm.
The students, all working on degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, visited Utah for a week in preparation to return for their senior year. Our lab always enjoys hosting these students each year, and we are grateful for the chance to share our work with them!