ET CMOS Whistler, BC, Canada
In our inaugural year, Bionics Network hosted its first collaborative workshop at ET CMOS in Whistler, BC, Canada, on Friday 11 May. There we engaged with collaborators in a cross-disciplinary discussion of the challenges and opportunities in the fields of Advanced Prosthetics and Soft Robotics, with specific interest in building a network that can accelerate progress and facilitate outreach.
Speakers:
- Carlo Menon, Simon Fraser University, Force myography: exploratory investigations
- Michael Goldfarb, Vanderbilt University, Leveraging movement synergies to enhance the control of myoelectric prostheses
- Gursel Alici, University of Wollongong, Soft robotics for prosthetic devices; research challenges and opportunities
- Ahmed Shehata, University of Alberta, Towards better prosthesis control: Using sensory feedback to improve performance
- Benoit Delhaye, University of Chicago, Restoring natural tactile feedback in bionic hands through a peripheral nerve interface
- Dan Blustein, University of New Brunswick, Towards improved neuroprostheses: using computational neuroscience to drive system development
- Axel Guenther, University of Toronto, From protein-based planar and tubular structures to biohybrid systems
- J. Matt Kinsella, McGill University, Extrusion bioprinting of cell-laden engineered soft materials
