Building ankle prostheses and orthoses for patients who lost their lower limb or are missing gait functions due to neurological or muscular deficits has taken a large amount of research. This will be a brief overview over existing devices with short descriptions of principle and function. This list is not complete and will be updated. Continue reading
Category Archives: Resources
Statistics
An important tool in science which, if not used with caution, can lead to quite surprising results. Always check your correlation!
Dynamic Walking Impressions
A video from the robot demonstration at Dynamic Walking. See me in the Locomat (0:43).
Paul Newman “Where are the robots?”
An entertaining talk about the state of the arts in robotics. I have to correct though – robotics is not just text files, mechanics is important for particular tasks.
Video editing I
Editing video, i.e. trimming, converting, etc., are often required to present scientific results. Finding good software to do this is often a challenge, therefore I will list free software that I find useful. Today’s pick is Freemake Video Converter, capable of trimming and converting you video without adding watermarks. Watch out during the installation process at it tries to install a ton of additional software on your computer.
Can I offer a copy of my publication for download on my website?
This depends on the policy of the journal you published in. Often archiving of pre-prints or post-prints are allowed with proper acknowledgement of the published version, while the published version must not be archived. Information on specific journals may be found at