Upcoming Events & Talks

06-03-2026 PhD Thesis Defense Upcoming Haptic Intelligence Dynamic Locomotion

The Human Leg Catapult: Biological Mechanisms for Walking Gait Replicated in the EcoWalker Robot

Humanoid robots and assistive devices have yet to match the efficiency and adaptability of able-bodied human walking in challenging environments. To bridge this performance gap, my projects explored the underlying mechanisms of human locomotion, focusing on the ankle push-off. Ankle push-off has a prominent role in walking due to its high-power output at the end of the stance phase, and due to the impact of its timing on the adaptability to diverse environments. The human leg catapult analogy provides a framework for the projects to understand and replicate the complex biological mechanisms that govern human walking gait. As a platform for the replication, the human-like bipedal EcoWalker robot was developed from version 1 to 3 in three consecutive projects, with iterative design and co... Katherine J. Kuchenbecker Alexander Badri-Spröwitz Bernadett Kiss

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23-03-2026 - 26-03-2026 Conference Upcoming

CPAL - Conference for Parsimony and Learning

The Conference on Parsimony and Learning (CPAL) is an annual research conference focused on addressing the parsimonious, low dimensional structures that prevail in machine learning, signal processing, optimization, and beyond. We are interested in theories, algorithms, applications, hardware and systems, as well as scientific foundations for learning with parsimony.

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