Robotics Lab
The Robotics Lab's research is aimed at understanding the sensory-motor system through close interaction with artificial systems & how the brain executes motor behaviors.
Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
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Research Project
Our Clinical Trials

Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Research Study
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is conducting a research study on how robots can be used as rehabilitation tools.
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Robot-Assisted Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
The Shirley Ryan Ability Lab is conducting a research study on how robots can be used as rehabilitation tools.
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Learning Robotic Arm Control with a Body-Machine Interface
The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is conducting a research study that will evaluate how people learn to fully control a robotic arm using a body-machine interface.
read moreSelected Publications
A Model for Human–Human Collaborative Object Manipulation and Its Application to Human–Robot Interaction
read moreLearning redundant motor tasks with and without overlapping dimensions: facilitation and interference effects.
read moreWhite matter microstructure changes induced by motor skill learning utilizing a body machine interface.
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Latest Updates
IEEE Spectrum Feature on Self-Balancing Exoskeleton
In a recent article in IEEE Spectrum on a self-balancing exoskeleton by Human in Motion Robotics, Arun Jayaraman, PT, PhD, Director of the Max Näder Center for Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes…
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