Open Source Leg

NSF-funded, U-M-led open-source platform revolutionizing prosthetic research. 🦿

[Open Source Leg @opensourceleg]

A common platform. A global community.

The Open-Source Leg empowers research teams to design, test, and compare prosthetic control strategies—without starting from scratch.

Explore the modular, scalable system advancing powered lower-limb innovation across labs worldwide.

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🗓 June 8 · 3–4 PM EST
🔗 Add to calendar: https://t.co/4gfS8qjTUS

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Sim‑to‑Real is moving into real‑world mobility, and Ellie Wilson & Varun Satyadev Shetty are sharing what they’ve been building with the Open‑Source Leg next Monday.

Join our June 8 Community Meeting to learn more and connect with others shaping the Open‑Source Leg.

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🎙️ Season 3 Episode 7

“Engineering the Future of Wearable Robotics with Dr. Elliott Rouse”

🎧 Watch it on YouTube: https://t.co/UNE1DCtHL1

@UMich @opensourceleg @Theteamatx @AbilityLab #TheHumanPartOfHumotech #HumotechPodcast #Season3 #WearableRobotics #Engineering #RehabTech

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🗓 Monday · April 13
🕒 3–4 PM EST

Add the meeting to your calendar:
https://t.co/r22JdopaiH

Or join us directly via Google Meet:
https://t.co/0uElHbkexK

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We’re opening another one of our team meetings to the community.

Join us for our bi‑weekly Open-Source Leg project update meeting. We’ll share the current state of the project, ongoing priorities, and what’s ahead. This session will also include an open Q&A at the end.

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If you’d like your question included, you can post it in the community forum thread ahead of time — we’ll address as many as we can:

https://t.co/C4pEKgYHue

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Join us TODAY 3-4pm EST via https://t.co/FJlFdPEIJw

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Join us for our bi-weekly Open-Source Leg project update meeting. We’ll share the current state of the project, ongoing priorities, and what’s ahead. Community members are welcome to observe or provide feedback.

🗓 Monday · March 2
🕒 3–4 PM EST

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Add the meeting to your calendar:
https://t.co/r22JdopaiH

Or join us March 2nd directly via Google Meet:
https://t.co/hNOhmbgUOs

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Project Update: We’ve transitioned the OSL forum to Discourse.

The same community, now with a clearer structure, searchable archives, and a scalable space for global collaboration.

Join us in the new forum → https://t.co/uw8JvprOpm

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The goal: evaluate how passive adaptability and active joint-level control combine to improve terrain handling, reduce compensatory movement, and support more natural walking in outdoor environments.

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At the University of Michigan, the team is testing how the Open-Source Leg performs when paired with SoftFoot—a compliant, passive prosthetic foot developed by the Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT).

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Register to join virtually (free): https://t.co/di5FggCEkc

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The Open Healthware Conference @oshwassociation started today  and there’s still time to join virtually.

At 1:20 PM EST, our community and marketing manager will share how lessons from the Open‑Source Leg are helping shape sustainable, community‑driven open‑source.

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All tickets are free for the Open Healthware Conference.

Join us in person or stream the sessions live.
Register : https://t.co/di5FggDc9K
Learn more: https://t.co/yjee2gwAJD

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The OSL team will be at the @oshwassociation Open Healthware Conference in New York City on August 1-2.
Kiara Vasquez , our community manager, will present how OSL serves as a case study for building sustainable, open‑source healthware that connects research labs and communities

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You don’t need a lab to get started.
The Open-Source Leg is fully documented, Python-native, and open to anyone curious enough to build.
See what’s possible: https://t.co/Cr62rh8k8z

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The Open-Source Leg was built for reproducibility, comparison, and collaboration across labs, students, and experiments.

Explore what’s possible: https://t.co/8VyNebbXRJ

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We’re collecting community projects to feature and share. If you’ve built, tested, or explored something with the Open-Source Leg let us know. Submit your project: https://t.co/D9P3GVykmh

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Prosthetics research shouldn't be hard to access.
This is what building a prosthetic leg looks like today.
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