Chris Shallal

phd student @MIT🦿building neuroprostheses. learning different ways to interface robots with the brain. professional cyborg.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@nengjiali sorry this is not possible unless you have another measurement anchoring your state estimate to reduce drift error from integration of the IMU data. are you fusing another measurement?

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

If anybody is still around at SfN, come check out our mega poster tomorrow AA2 and AA3 Wednesday 1-5 PM, @Guillermonics and I will be talking about how we embed implanted magnets in both muscle and tendon to unlock wireless muscle-tendon dynamics for controlling bionic limbs.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@rishabh16_ hahahaha im in that picture working on a bionic ankle, let me know if you want a tour inside the lab or grab some coffee this week if you're interested in learning more.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

wow this is super clever, great work.

[Hongyu Li @Hongyu_Lii]

🤖What if a robot could perform a new task just from a natural language command, with zero demonstrations?
Our new work, NovaFlow, makes it possible! We use pre-trained video generative model to create a video of the task, then translate it into a plan for real-world robot execution.
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#Robotics #AI #ZeroShot #Manipulation

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

Here’s the 2004 Toyota Camry

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

Jacked into my leg today. Over 5 million steps the past couple years. Feeling like a car with 200,000 miles lol

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@krishdotdev no they have an important purpose

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@mark_iskarous yes, lets catch up over there. see you soon!

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@antonioregalado @zhaoweiasu here is a snapshot from 2024. Data isn't comprehensive but it is a good overview. I believe ~1 billion was raised in 2023.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@antonioregalado @zhaoweiasu Yup, Courtine's recent work is critically important. Not to mention it is being advanced commercially as well at Onward which has recently received critical regulatory approvals. In addition, neurotech is seeing a funding renaissance similar to what biotech underwent.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@zhaoweiasu @antonioregalado you should be bullish on BCIs! people also thought prime editing was sci-fi long ago.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

its really unfortunate that i am all 4 of these. 4 horsemen of the apocalypse here...

[tweet davidson @andyreed]

in your 20s you get sorted into one of these four houses like in harry potter

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@eigenlucy shelling out 100 dollars for a 16 pin connector from omnetics hurts every time

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

it is worth noting there is nothing in the controller that uses neural networks. because the neural interface is implanted at the peripheral muscle, we can decode muscle dynamics into intended movement and allow the human to compensate with their augmented sensory feedback.

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

great project I worked on toward the beginning of my phd. we are now at the point of fully integrating tissue with robotics to allow versatile, adaptable movement. the key is making the neural interface simple and intuitive such that the person can learn quickly.

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

A new bionic knee outperforms other prostheses in helping people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles. In a small clinical study, users navigated more easily and said the limb felt more like part of their body. https://t.co/gnwQuuUTgr

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

check out the paper!
https://t.co/ZxpzR4rsrN

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In a small clinical study published today in @sciencemagazine, MIT researchers and collaborators show that a new bionic knee—directly integrated with the user’s muscle and bone tissue—can help people with above-the-knee amputations walk faster, climb stairs, and avoid obstacles more easily than they could with a traditional prosthesis. Participants also reported that the limb felt more like a part of their own body, compared to people who had more traditional above-the-knee amputations.

Media Lab Professor Hugh Herr, who is also co-director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics at MIT, and an associate member of @mcgovernmit, is the senior author of the new study, and alum Tony Shu is the lead author. https://t.co/f4ZN0ReScx

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@yacineMTB check out probabilistic robotics textbook, one of the best for learning intuition behind these state estimators :)

[Chris Shallal @chshallal]

@x2quark @yacineMTB said nobody who has actually worked with real time systems