Naslov
Locomotion systems study in biomedical engineering curriculum

Autori
Medved, Vladimir

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & biology Society (CD-ROM) / Fullerton, Garry D. - Chicago (IL), 2000

Skup
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

Mjesto i datum
Chicago (IL), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 23.07.2000. - 28.07.2000

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
education; biomedical engineering; locomotion systems

Sažetak
Since Muybridge and Marey, and particularly the Berkeley Group, human locomotion has been studied in an ever more quantitative way due to the development of measurement technology. Methodologically linked to robotics, biomechanical analysis of locomotion has matured into a clinically useful discipline. Today, due to the accomplishments of scientists like Woltring, Cappozzo and others, we witness growing of locomotion biomechanics curricula in top world universities. There is a need, therefore, to teach biomechanical engineering students worldwide interested in this interdisciplinary subject. At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing of the University of Zagreb, in Zagreb, Croatia, a new course - bordering between biomechanics and robotics - has been offered recently, as an elective undergraduate and graduate course. Following are its units. The notion of robotics as an intellingent connection between perception and action. The analogy with biosystems. Sight sensors. Optoelectronic methods of scene measurement and acquisition. Photogrammetric transformations and algorithms. Modeling of the environment. Measurement of forces, distributed pressures and tactile sensors. Other sensor modalities. Integration of sensor modalities. Kinematics, biomechanics and modeling of movement in biosystems. Locomotion. Artificial muscle: realizability. Prostheses: cybernetic and motor aspects and their functionality. Movement simulation and virtual reality. Through class and laboratory work the course is aimed at explaining the methodology and instrumentation in human movement analysis. It should prepare students for more advanced study into physiology of legged locomotion along Margarian and McMahonian lines, such as for instance thought at MIT or Johns Hopkins.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika

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