Category: Presentation

Dr. George featured in TED-style talk to U-Health donors

In 2019, Dr. George and fellow researchers at the U made waves with the "LUKE Arm" (named after the robotic hand given to Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back), a prosthetic arm that has the ability to feel objects by transmitting the appropriate signals to the brain. Not only can the arm feel, but it can be controlled by the user's thoughts. In this 2021 TED-style talk, Dr. George talks about the advances that have taken place since the their breakthrough was first announced.

Visit with the Utah NeuroRobotics Lab at BMES, IEEE EMBC and SFN!

The Utah NeuroRobotics Lab will be giving several presentations at upcoming conferences this Fall. Stop by and check out our lab's research and network with our awesome team! We will be at the Biomedical Engineering Society, Engineering Medicine & Biology, as well as the Society for Neuroscience.

Biomedical Engineering Society, Orlando, FL, October 6-9

  • Abby Citterman, Podium Presentation: "Low Frequencies Improve Intensity Discrimination for Electrocutaneous Artificial Sensory Feedback"
  • Troy Tully, Podium Presentation: "Mirrored Training with Larger Datasets Improves Motor-Decode Performance for Myoelectric Prosthetic Control with Neural Networks"
  • Caleb Thomson, Podium Presentation: "Recurrent Neural Networks Provide More Stable Across-Day Prosthetic Control"

IEEE Engineering Medicine & Biology, Virtual, October 31 – November 4

  • Taylor Hansen, Podium Presentation: "A Bionic Hand for Semi-Autonomous Fragile Object Manipulation via Proximity and Pressure Sensors"
  • Caleb Thomson, Podium Presentation: "A Recurrent Neural Network Provides Stable Across-Day Prosthetic Control for a Human Amputee with Implanted Intramuscular Electromyographic Recording Leads"

Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, November 8-16

  • Troy Tully, Poster Presentation, "Mirror Training Improves Offline-Decode Performance for Multi-DOF Myoelectric Prosthetic Control"
  • Marshall Trout, Poster Presentation, "Improved Mirror-Therapy: Reanimation of Fine Motor Function Using Low-Cost Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Driven by Synchronized Bilateral Movements"

Congratulations to our wonderful student presenters!

Two Papers Accepted at IEEE EMBC

Two papers from the NeuroRobotics Lab were accepted at the 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society! The first paper, authored by graduate student Caleb Thomson, is titled "A Recurrent Neural Network Provides Stable Across-Day Prosthetic Control for a Human Amputee with Implanted Intramuscular Electromyographic Recording Leads." The second paper, authored by graduate students Taylor Hansen and Marshall Trout, is titled "A Bionic Hand for Semi-Autonomous Fragile Object Manipulation via Proximity and Pressure Sensors." The papers will be presented virtually at the annual conference between October 31 – November 4, 2021.