Rehabilitation Robotic Research Design Laboratory

The Rehabilitation Robotic Research Design Lab, through the design, development and therapeutic use of novel, affordable, intelligent robotic/mechatronic and domotic assistants, is focused on examining underlying causes of upper limb impairment after neural disease, injury, or cerebral accident, on discovering effective methods to retrain functional recovery on daily living activities, and on developing new ways of facilitating independent living in daily living environments.

Lab Director Michelle Johnson, PhD is an assistant professor in the Department of PM&R at the MCW and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship under the direction of Professor Paolo Dario of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Scuola Superiore of SantAnna and Director of the Polo SantAnna Valdera Research Center and Professor Eugenio Guglielmelli of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the ARTS Lab and the RTR Center.

Visit the RRRD web page at http://www.mcw.edu/roboticsrehab.