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The mission of the Assistive Robotics Laboratory is to develop agile, versatile wearable robots to assist humans across daily activities. The overall research themes can be classified into the following aims:
- Human-in-the-Loop Control and Optimization Frameworks for Task-Invariant Assistance
- Development of User-Friendly Wearable Devices
- Experimetanl Validation and Biomechanics Study
WE ARE HIRING! (updated Feb 24, 2024):
Funded PhD positions are available at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University starting Fall 2024. Qualified candidates will receive a tution waiver and stipend to conduct research on customizing exoskeleton assistance for volitional human motion via online, human-in-the-loop optimizaion.
- Required Qualification:
- A BS and/or MS degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Engineering, or related areas.
- Proficient programming skills in C/C++, Python, and Matlab.
- Good communication, presentation, and writing skills.
- Preferred Qualification:
- Knowledge in control systems design and analysis, robot dynamics, and optimization/machine learning.
- Experiences with using inertial measurement units, joint encoders, actuators, and motor drivers.
- Experiences with using motion capture systems and electromyography sensors for gait analysis.
- Experiences in mechatronics design
- Application Process:
- After submitting the official application to the PhD program of Mechanical Engineeirng, please notify Prof. Lv your application ID and fill out this survey.
NEWS
- 04/2024:
Dr. Lv was awarded the ME Excellence Award (Junior Rank Faculty)!
- Our Creative Inquiry team presented at the 19th Annual Focus on Creative Inquiry Poster Forum!
- Our paper entitled “Soft Robotics for Fall Mitigation: Preliminary Design and Evaluation of a Wearable System using Continuum Robots” was accepted to 2024 6th International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, Chicago, IL.
- 03/2024:
Our lab receives the CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation! Many thanks to NSF for supporting our research.
Our paper enetitiled “The Claw: An Avian-Inspired, Large Scale, Hybrid Rigid-Continuum Gripper]” was accepted into the speicial issue “Intelligent Bionic Robots” of Robotics (MDPI) as cover article! This is a collobration work with Prof. Ian Walker at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University.
07/2023: Our paper entitled “A Two-Layer Human-in-the-Loop Optimization Framework for Customizing Lower-Limb Exoskeleton Assistance” was published at the invited session “Recent Advancement of Human Autonomy Interaction & Integration” of the 2023 American Control Conference, San Diego, CA.
- 04/2023:
- Tapp Rhoads received the Carl Donner nelson, Jr. Meomrial Award. Congrats Tapp.
- Dr. Lv was recognized as Faculty Scholar at the School of Health Research, Clemson University.
- Tapp Rhoads received the Carl Donner nelson, Jr. Meomrial Award. Congrats Tapp.
- 05/2023: Congratulations to Dr. Therese Parr for successfully defending her dissertation.
- 12/2022: Our paper entitled “Task-Invariant Centroidal Momentum Shaping for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons” was published at the 61st Conference on Decision and Control.
- 01/2022: ARL welcomes PhD students Miao Yu and Yalun Jiang.
- 04/2021: Dr. Lv receives the South Carolina Translational Research Improving Musculoskeletal Health (SC TRIMH) targeted junior faculty award.
- 01/2020: Dr. Lv joined the Mechanical Engineering department at Clemson University as an Assistant Professor.
Last Updated:
April 25, 2024