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Research from the Human Enhancing and Augmenting Technology Lab, Oxford Robotics Institute

Research

A selection of lab members' research is available here.

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Balanced Neuroprosthetic Assistance

IEEE TBME, 2026

Striking a balance between user preference and biomechanical assistance with lower limb neuroprostheses.

Assistance Control

Optimal Exoskeleton Actuator Design

IEEE/ASME TMECH, 2026

Optimising motor and gear topologies for performant, lightweight ankle exoskeletons.

Assistance Musculoskeletal

Muscle Activity-Targeted Stimulation

IEEE EMBC, 2026

Automatically identifying muscles from their electrical activity for precision functional electrical stimulation.

Assistance Control

Physical and Psychological Effects of Prosthetic Hands

Scientific Reports, 2025

Examining the effects of sensory feedback and continuous control on prosthetic hand users.

Assistance Control Sensory

Beyond Humanoid Prosthetic Hands

IEEE TNSRE, 2025

Designing modular, non-humanoid end effectors for dramatically improved task performance.

Assistance Musculoskeletal

Telehaptics for Astronauts

SpaceCHI, 2025

Designing a short-range telehaptic exoskeleton to improve astronaut dexterity.

Augmentation Teleoperation Musculoskeletal Sensory

Immersive Learning from Demonstration

IEEE ICRA, 2023

Adding immersive force feedback for safer and more efficient policies with imitation learning.

Teleoperation Sensory

VR Pre-prosthetic Training

IEEE RAL, 2022

Developing an immersive virtual reality platform for pre-prosthetic hand training.

Assistance Teleoperation Sensory

Data-Efficient Myoelectric Control

IEEE ICORR, 2022

Utilising probabilistic distance metrics to achieve one-shot myoelectric control.

Assistance Control

Embedded Myoelectric Control

IEEE ICRA, 2022

Using deep learning for myoelectric prosthetic hand control with embedded computation.

Assistance Control

Proprioceptive Feedback Armband

EuroHaptics, 2022

Developing a modular feedback armband for force and position proprioception from prosthetic hands.

Assistance Sensory