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This project at New Jersey Institute of Technology conducts research and development activities focused on wearable robots and the use of virtual reality for independent mobility and manipulation. This RERC is a joint effort of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the Kessler Research Foundation, and the Rutgers Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science comprised of seven projects aimed to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.
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The largest project uses a unique combonation of robotics and virtual reality for neurorehabiliation of people with arm limitations as a result of a recent stroke. Fiver smaller projects supported by the NIDILRR center grant focus on the use of wearable robots to address lower extremity exoskeletons to restore walking by individuals with stroke, epidural electrical stimulation to increase spinal cord transmission and improve the use of exoskeletons by people with spinal cord injury, and the study of new robotic technology for stroke therapy to be used at home. Lastly, two developmental projects are working to design new human-robot interfaces allowing users to control exoskeletons in a biologically and naturalistic way.