PhD student in Robotics @GeorgiaTech researching exoskeleton optimization | @GT_EPIC_Lab @GT_PoWeR_Lab | Convinced by @jenniferleestma to join the Twitterverse
Joined April 2020
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Ben Shafer retweeted
New preprint alert! We used mechanical energetics to quantify the demand of treadmill belt #perturbations during walking. We found the ankle and contralateral knee best reflected leg-level demand. Work by Pawel Golyski and @gregory_sawicki.
Preprint: tinyurl.com/7uawzedm
Congrats to my lab- and roommate Dr. Bhakta! @KrishanBhakta gonna miss you man! – at Atlanta, GA
Congratulations to Dr. Krishan Bhakta for successfully defending his dissertation!! @KrishanBhakta's work focused on improving intelligence of robotic transfemoral prostheses.
@MEGeorgiaTech
Ben Shafer retweeted
I'm looking to bring on PhD and Master's students for Fall 2022 (or earlier). If you are interested in developing assistive robotics for people with mobility impairments, please reach out! Examples of past projects on my site: shepherdlab.sites.northeaste…
Ben Shafer retweeted
This exosuit reduces the strain on the wearer's back and assists with repetitive lifting and twisting motions.
It was designed by assistant prof. Aaron Young and his colleagues in the @GT_EPIC_Lab and was recently described in a @IEEEXplore paper.
b.gatech.edu/3vlHarx
Ben Shafer retweeted
We're back (exo)! We're excited to introduce our lab's back #exoskeleton, recently published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).
Fantastic work by @jaredli123, @dean_molinaro, Andrew King, Ani Mazumdar, and Aaron Young.
Ben Shafer retweeted
Very excited to see this published! Check out @GT_EPIC_Lab's first publication on our lab's back exoskeleton. Congrats to @jaredli123 @dean_molinaro and the rest of the team!
We're back (exo)! We're excited to introduce our lab's back #exoskeleton, recently published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO).
Fantastic work by @jaredli123, @dean_molinaro, Andrew King, Ani Mazumdar, and Aaron Young.
Stuck on the Blue Wing for 30 minutes then had to walk down some slippery stairs. 100% would not recommend. @SixFlags @SixFlagsOverGA @GTSCPC
Ben Shafer retweeted
Discover the PROTON by Polish Bionics: exoskeletonreport.com/2021/0… #exoskeleton
Ben Shafer retweeted
Our new paper investigates the use of a simple biomechanical metric for biomimetic control of a variable-stiffness prosthesis across locomotion modes. Excited to share this work that I began back in undergrad with @k_heidi and @adamczyk_peter!
Paper: mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/18/600…
Ben Shafer retweeted
Great work by the team @cwru We are NOT saying that any of this is easy, but sincerely want to know; How can we more rapidly bring innovations like this to market? What can we do as a nonprofit to help support that process? Where are the biggest hurdles? pbs.org/newshour/show/how-se…
Ben Shafer retweeted
Our latest case series shows that #Neuralcontrol of powered #bionic knee and ankle #prosthesis can improve functional #mobility, increase symmetry, and reduces effort in above-knee #amputee subjects
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document…
Ben Shafer retweeted
We are excited to announce the release of our portable Caplex system: BCK-001. In or out of the lab, indoors or outdoors – this versatile system could enable a whole new paradigm for your research & development.
#Robotics #Mobility #MadeInPGH #Exoskeleton
humotech.com/2021/08/24/humo…
Ben Shafer retweeted
Disney's R&D team is creating a full-body #exoskeleton so characters like the Incredible Hulk and a Wampa from Star Wars can walk around Disney's theme parks and interact with guests.
cnbc.com/2021/08/20/disneys-…
Ben Shafer retweeted
Oh yeah, we do some fun science around here, too. Really, proud of our lab's presentations at #vASB2021 this year. Great job @chasegrock, @SamuelTKwak, Kinsey Herrin, Nathan Kirkpatrick!
Ben Shafer retweeted
"The fact that someone sends me an email doesn't automatically impose an obligation on me to respond. If that were true, then it would follow that I should allow strangers to rule my life. I don’t like that idea. So I’ve started to delete messages w/o reading them 1st" - S. Alsop
Ben Shafer retweeted
You know in-person ATL Neuromechanics meetings are back when questions cause the intro slides to take an hour – at Atlanta, GA
Ben Shafer retweeted
Excellent webinar on occupational #exoskeletons & #exosuits with lots of insights on user-centric design & field evaluations, & other outside-the-lab learnings which can benefit engineers & researchers working on early-stage R&D or looking to translate their tech into a product.
Couldn't join us for the webinar on #OccupationalExoskeletons? Here it is the full video 📽: 👇
youtu.be/rNR7d2YXylU
📢Stay tuned for upcoming posts on the webinars we are organising for August 24 and September 28 on #Medicalsystems and #Standardisation & #Benchmarking
Ben Shafer retweeted
Urge your member of Congress to support legislation that promotes physical activity. votervoice.net/Shares/B85DAg…
Ben Shafer retweeted
A bit late on this, but check out some of the latest work from our team titled: "Cueing changes in peak vertical ground reaction force to improve coordination dynamics in walking" @MOTION_UNC @BPietrosimone @HopeDavis06 @alyssa7evans @FranzBiomech @BlackburnTroy @awkiefer
Ben Shafer retweeted
Our narrative review titled "Reduced Achilles Tendon Stiffness Disrupts Calf Muscle Neuromechanics in Elderly Gait" is now available in Gerontology. karger.com/Article/FullText/…
Outstanding work, team: @UNCNCSUBME @GT_PoWeR_Lab @Rlkrup @Owen1Beck @gregory_sawicki
