Kellen and Cara attended the 2024 ASB Conference from August 5-8 in Madison, Wisconsin! Kellen presented his poster titled "Investigating Kinematic Asymmetry in Sit/Stand Transitions with a Powered Knee Ankle Prosthesis Controller," which explores the outcomes of a novel data-driven phase variable controller developed by Cara and Kevin Best in...
Cara and Mikayla attended the inagural Frontiers of Human Performance meeting hosted by the Wu Tsai Alliance from July 14-19 in Jackson, WY. Cara gave an inspiring talk on "Sensorimotor Integration with Lower-Limb Assistive Devices" as part of the Research Spotlights and Mikayla presented a lightning talk on "Towards Energy-Efficient...
The Welker lab has been on some fun social outings this year :) In the fall, we hiked Sanitas, and Perry sped past the whole group. In the winter, we went to Color Me Mine to create some beautiful art.
The lab traveled to Estes Park, CO for the 2024 edition of the Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics conference. Cara gave a podium presentation and Liv and Kellen presented posters.
It was once a pile of dirt... and now it has a force-instrumented treadmill, cameras, 2 Humotech actuator systems, and overground force plates. Epoxying the overground force plates took some forearm strength!
