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Today we’re talking robots and their relationship with humans, especially when it comes to health care. We are joined by Dr. Jose Millan of the University of Texas in Austin in 3 short episodes. You can find out more about his research at his site, https://sites.utexas.edu/jdrmillan/ Episode 1 Episode 2… read more 

Our undergrad student Hannah Lee, co-supervised by Dr. Emily Porter (ECE) and Dr. Jose del R. Millan (ECE), has won a NSF Graduate Fellowship. She will pursue graduate studies at Stanford University. Hannah Lee is amounts the four Texas ECE Students that won the Prestigious NSF Graduate Resesarch Fellowship. Read… read more 

Akhil Surapaneni won the Larry Abraham Excellence in Rehabilitation Research Award, the overall grand prize for best student presentation or poster at CARE research day 2023

In one of the first studies of its kind, several patients with severe motor disabilities were able to operate a wheelchair that translates their thoughts into movement. The study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and published today in the journal iScience is an important step forward… read more 

UT researchers created an electrode that can be used to rehabilitate stroke patients at home, according to a study published online in Biosensors and Bioelectronics on Sept. 28. Evan Wang, one of the principal investigators, said the electrode consists of a three-dimensional interface, which results in a higher quality recording… read more 

Wearable medical devices are an important part of the future of medicine and a key focus of researchers around the world. They open the door for long-term continuous monitoring of patients outside of the medical setting to give clinicians an accurate picture of what’s happening and a better chance to… read more