Partnership case study: Ana Luisa Trejos
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partners who would like to advance the field of wearable soft robotics for remote health
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My research focuses on the design, integration and evaluation of mechatronic devices designed to provide medical care. In 2013, I established the Wearable Biomechatronics Laboratoryto design devices for upper body rehabilitation and motion assistance.
Trejos and her team collected data on common sitting postures held by test subjects through sensors placed on the seat to train a machine learning classifier.
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I currently work with Formid, a company that manufactures a dynamic seat that keeps your body in motion.
On the hardware side, we are developing sensors that are placed on the surface of the seat to measure the pressure distribution as a person is sitting on it.
On the software side, we are developing algorithms that allow us to detect a person’s posture while using the seat, assess quality of posture and provide feedback if a person holds a particular posture for too long.
