Spotlight
February 2024
- Prof. Giacinto Barresi, Rehab Technologies Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy, conducted a short course on ‘Cognitive Ergonomics and Neuroergonomics in Human-Robot Interaction’ in association with the HCR lab from 6th to 15th of this month. He interacted with the lab members and provided valuable insights on the ongoing projects.
- Prof. Barresi gave a talk on “Rehabilitation technologies for people with multiple sclerosis” as part of the Cognitive and Brain Sciences Seminars on the 13th.
January 2024
- Prof. Vineet Vashista has been selected as a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) for five years, February 2024 – February 2029, in recognition of his work.
December 2023
- Prof. Zlatko Matjačić, University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia, visited the lab from the 4th-15th of this month to interact with the lab members and discuss potential collaborations in future.
- Prof. Matjačić and Prof. Sunil K. Agrawal, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University, NY, delivered talks in the MEDFUSE workshop on the 14th. Also, this workshop commemorates Prof. Agrawal being awarded the INSA Professor AS Paintal Chair award.
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The research work at the Human-Centered Robotics (HCR) Lab uses the principles of human motor and movement adaptation to develop novel human-centered robotic technologies to improve the quality of human life. The main focus has been on the integration of these understanding within the robot’s design and control to enable a desired physical human-robot interaction. The HCR Lab includes researchers with engineering and cognitive science backgrounds and places a significant emphasis on human studies to evaluate the performance of proposed paradigms.