
Convergence Relay 1 |Katie Poggensee receives Marie Curie Grant
Most people in robotics work on building a robot. Roboticist Katie Poggensee focuses on the human in the human-robot system. To continue her research in the Netherlands on making robots for rehabilitation more effective, she received a Marie Curie Grant. βIt takes time to learn to skate or walk in heels. So how do we train people to walk with a robot?β
A robotic backpack for a balance disorder or an exoskeleton for a spinal cord injury: robots are increasingly being used in rehabilitation. Over the next two years, the Marie Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship will allow Katie Poggensee to work on bringing the patient and the robot together.
Training
Katie will investigate how best to train people to walk with a robot. βI want to bring the patient and the robot together. It takes time to learn to skate or walk in heels. So how do we train people to walk with a robot?β
At the same time, a patient continues to develop while learning to walk with a robot. Therefore, the second part of her research is about how the robot adapts to the patient. Using an optimisation model, she aims to train the robot to adjust as rehabilitation progresses.
Convergence Relay
This article kickstarts the Convergence Relay, which is an opportunity to get to know the Convergence community better. Participants pass the baton to shine the spotlight on someone who’s work they might find interesting and is unfamiliar to their own. Katie Poggensee passes the baton to Dimphna Meijer.
