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Prof. Dr. Daniel Häufle, head of the research group “Neuromechanics and Rehabilitation Robotics (NeuRoMech)“ at the HIH, together with scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the University of Tübingen and the University of Stuttgart under the Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart (BITS) collaboration, has developed a biorobotic arm that can mirror human tremors, such as those experienced by individuals that live with Parkinson's disease.

Read the MPI-IS press release here

Original Publication:
A. Shagan Shomron, C. Chase-Markopoulou, J. R. Walter, J. Sellhorn-Timm, Y. Shao, T. Nadler, A. Benson, I. Wochner, E. H. Rumley, I. Wurster, P. Klocke, D. Weiss, S. Schmitt, C. Keplinger*, D. Haeufle*, „ A robotic and virtual testing platform highlighting promise of soft wearable actuators for suppression of wrist tremor“, Device, 2025.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.device.2025.100719

Photo: Alona Shagan Shomron (MPI-IS), Syn Schmitt (Uni Stuttgart), Christoph Keplinger (MPI-IS) and Daniel Häufle (HIH) (from left to right)

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