Katie Poggensee

Postdoctoral researcher at TU Delft and Erasmus MC

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Can't believe it's been nearly a decade of HILO! Big thanks to @pjslade and Steve for putting it all together

[Patrick Slade @pjslade]

Want to make humans and robots interact more effectively? "Human-in-the-loop optimization" is a promising approach to systematically improve human-robot outcomes across a wide array of use cases like assistive tech, med devices, education, and industry. https://t.co/OEdGj3nDI5

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@HelenJHuang @gelsyto @KJakubowski26 @CrespoMarchal @EveldMaura Join us for interesting talks, an insightful panel, and the chance to interact with these incredible women!

https://t.co/jOzUXN5Rm4

1 September 2024, 9:00-13:00, Neue Universtät, Room HS3

Organized by: @EveldMaura @EdwinAsseldonk @asvoloshina

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Want to incorporate neuroscience and motor learning principles into your human-robot systems? Come check out our workshop at #BioRob2024 to hear about novel strategies and best practices from @HelenJHuang, @gelsyto, @KJakubowski26, @CrespoMarchal, @EveldMaura, and Dr. Maggie Wu!

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

All set and ready to go for #ScienceIsWonderful!

Let's hope the robots and VR last for the next 48 hours...

#TUDelft #ErasmusMC #ScienceIsBeautiful

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Very cool work coming out of the Hybrid Robotics Lab!

[Zhongyu Li @ZhongyuLi4]

Interested in making your bipedal robots to be athletes? We summarized our RL work to create robust & adaptive controllers for general bipedal skills. 400m-dash, running over terrains/against perturbations, targeted jumping, compliant walking, not a problem for bipeds now.🧵👇

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@plopesresearch @romainnith Thanks! And that backpack is incredibly cool. The lab I'm currently in does a lot of work with VR, and I'm really impressed by how big of an effect you got with such a small (but powerful) device :)

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Excited to share our new results on the GyroPack, a wearable robotic gyroscopic backpack that assists balance!

https://t.co/ViLEfsFqTi

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@scmov Thanks!

It assists balance (e.g., how long you can stand on a beam), but not loss of balance. For falling, you'd need something much more powerful like a body weight support harness or a mitigation strategy to prevent injuries (like an air bag).

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@NonnekesJorik Thanks Jorik!

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Now is probably a good time (many months late) to share with the Twitterverse that I got a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue this research. If any PhDers have questions on European postdoc grants, I have a long list and lots of thoughts so feel free to reach out...

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

My fave side results:

The placebo worked! People liked it better than unpowered modes, even though performance was the same.
The better performing mode (low vs. high) was subject-specific (this former HILO researcher isn't surprised), but 77% of people favored their “best” mode.

[Jenny Leestma @jenniferleestma]

One more conference highlight from last month - what a pleasure getting to know this group of brilliant women at @DynamicWalking!

@IntWomenBiomech @womeninroboticz

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@PKudzia_BioMech @StevenHCollins @KuoArt @adamczyk_peter @Ferris_vball @maxdonelan We used this to calibrate the lab back in 2015, and I don't remember making major changes to the code. (Granted this was many many years ago, so my memory could be foggy...)

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@p_franks_ @inseungkang @Michael_J_0 @KarlZelik @doctorBobG @g_m_bryan @inseungkang brings up a great point: that initial adaptation *could* reveal ways to guide people, but may be based on short-term effects that eventually fade. Ex. co-contraction seen in early exo studies. @sabrinabram also has a great paper on how variability changes over time.

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@p_franks_ @inseungkang @Michael_J_0 @KarlZelik @doctorBobG @g_m_bryan @p_franks_ and @g_m_bryan, you should see if Guinness can certify that as a world record...

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

@KarlZelik Thanks for the share, Karl! This is exactly the first question I ask myself whenever I read a new wearable robotics paper :)

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

Sharing from Heike Vallery (https://t.co/c3plvTKk9n):

We have an open #phd position on spherical #robots as motivational toys, at the intersection of @erasmusuni, @ErasmusMC & @tudelft: https://t.co/IjLGv4Plcz

[Katie Poggensee @klpoggensee]

So exciting to see it all come together! As a former CMUEBL/SUBLer, I too am amazed (though maybe not totally surprised) that this was achieved so quickly.

Congrats to @pjslade, @aiprof_mykel, @StanfordNMBL, and @StevenHCollins :) I can't wait to see where you go from here!