He (Helen) Huang
- Email: hhuang11@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4402D Engineering Building III
- Website: https://bme.unc.edu/peoples/he-helen-huang/
To achieve this overarching goal, her current research focuses on understanding how limb amputees and robotic prostheses interact with each other and their environments and development of advanced control for robotic prostheses, which are adaptive, efficient, and safe, in order to restore the motor function in individuals with limb amputations. Three research thrusts have been formulated in my lab:
Thrust 1: Investigation of neuromuscular control and sensorimotor integration in limb amputees and development of neural-machine interfaces for neural control of robotic prosthetic limbs
Thrust 2: Investigation of wearer-machine co-adaptation and development of optimal adaptive control for robotic prostheses that provide personalized assistance and can adapt to changes in wearers and environments.
Thrust 3: Investigation of error correction and tolerance in human-machine symbiotic (HMS) systems and development of fault tolerant control for robotic prosthetic legs to improve the wearer’s stability and safety
*For current projects and open opportunities, check our lab or CLEAR websites
Research Interests
Wearable robotics
Neural-machine interface
Robotic prosthetics and exoskeleton
Optimal adaptive control
Human-robot interaction
Publications
- Abduction/Adduction Assistance From Powered Hip Exoskeleton Enables Modulation of User Step Width During Walking
- Alili, A., Fleming, A., Nalam, V., Liu, M., Dean, J., & Huang, H. (2024), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 71(1), 334–342. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2023.3301444
- Modified motor unit properties in residual muscle following transtibial amputation
- Rubin, N., Hinson, R., Saul, K., Filer, W., Hu, X., & Huang, H. (2024), JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ad1ac2
- 1-D Manual Tracing Based on a High Density Haptic Stimulation Grid - a Pilot Effort
- Driscoll, B., Liu, M., & Huang, H. (2023), 2023 IEEE WORLD HAPTICS CONFERENCE, WHC, pp. 375–381. https://doi.org/10.1109/whc56415.2023.10224505
- A Novel Framework to Facilitate User Preferred Tuning for a Robotic Knee Prosthesis
- Alili, A., Nalam, V., Li, M., Liu, M., Feng, J., Si, J., & Huang, H. (2023), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, 31, 895–903. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3236217
- A Robotic Assistance Personalization Control Approach of Hip Exoskeletons for Gait Symmetry Improvement
- Zhang, Q., Tu, X., Si, J., Lewek, M. D., & Huang, H. (2023), 2023 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS), pp. 6125–6132. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341440
- A Wearable Robotic Rehabilitation System for Neuro-rehabilitation Aimed at Enhancing Mediolateral Balance
- Yu, Z., Nalam, V., Alili, A., & Huang, H. (2023), 2023 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS, IROS, pp. 155–160. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10341735
- A simplified model for whole-body angular momentum calculation
- Liu, M., Naseri, A., Lee, I.-C., Hu, X., Lewek, M. D., & Huang, H. (2023), MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103944
- Angle-programmed tendril-like trajectories enable a multifunctional gripper with ultradelicacy, ultrastrength, and ultraprecision
- Hong, Y., Zhao, Y., Berman, J., Chi, Y., Li, Y., Huang, H., & Yin, J. (2023), NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39741-6
- Ankle Torque Estimation With Motor Unit Discharges in Residual Muscles Following Lower-Limb Amputation
- Rubin, N., Hinson, R., Saul, K., Hu, X., & Huang, H. (2023), IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING, 31, 4821–4830. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2023.3336543
- Artificial intelligence meets medical robotics
- Yip, M., Salcudean, S., Goldberg, K., Althoefer, K., Menciassi, A., Opfermann, J. D. D., … Lee, I.-C. (2023, July 14), SCIENCE, Vol. 381, pp. 141–146. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj3312