Perturbing stroke patients: Quantifying dynamic walking stability based on the response to perturbations in order to discriminate between healthy controls and stroke patients with and without falls

Abstract Pilot study Introduction: Falls are a primary cause of accidental deaths, serious injuries, dependency and society costs. The response to perturbations could identify how well persons are able to reject perturbations. The aim of the study was to compare four different medio-lateral swing perturbations in order to select the most...

A Practical Approach to Evolutionary Algorithm based Automated Mechanism Design: Research to the usability of automated mechanism design

The complexity of current mechanisms continues to increase and their users keep on demanding even more. Current design methods are not sufficient to keep on fulfilling those requirements. Automated design methods have shown to be a viable solution to keep up with the demands and research has started to make this possible for mechanisms design....

Automated Robot Design With Artificial Evolution

Robots usually do a single job and would perform better when their mechanical structure is particularly designed for their designated task. However, manually designing robots with mechanical properties that implicitly compute and execute a specific task is very hard and time consuming. To assist designers, a platform that automatically designs...

The effect of morphology of a legged robot on traversing rough terrain

When a disaster strikes a human-engineered environment, it can be difficult and dangerous for rescue workers to search for survivors. Collapsed buildings, fire and other hazards can make specific areas too dangerous to send in a human or dog. In this case, urban search and rescue (USAR) robots can be useful. Various researches have been...