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2. Professor Marko B. Popovic is a faculty member of the Physics Department, Biomedical Engineering Department, and Robotics Engineering Program at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). He is the founder and director of WPI Popovic Labs. Previously, Popovic held research scientist position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Popovic received his PhD in Physics from Boston University, followed by post-doctoral positions at both Harvard University Physics and MIT Biomechatronics group. He single-authored Biomechanics and Robotics, published in 2013 by Pan Standard Publishing.

3. Popovic is an avid and successful inventor. His Hydro Muscle invention received the largest compensation for intellectual property from an industry partner in WPI history. The Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) program "Invented Here!" selected Popovic’s Hydro Bone invention among top 12 patents from more than 12,000 patents granted in New England in 2018 as part of the BPLA’s initiative to honor the region’s newest and most innovative technologies. Results of his work were showcased by Reuters, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Channel News Asia, Business Insider, CNBC, Yahoo! News, Toronto Sun, Daily Times Pakistan, UK Eurosport, CNN, TIME Magazine, National Geographic, and many other domestic and overseas media.

4. What is Biomechatronics? Born at the turn of the 21st century, word Biomechatronics refers to an interdisciplinary field that closely relates biological and mechatronics systems. Here, mechatronics refers to technology combining electronics and mechanical engineering according to its dictionary definition. Biomechatronics is a quite wide field covering every system that closely relates biological and mechatronics system within a functionally unified entity. The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci

5. Biomechatronics is rapidly becoming one of the most influential and innovative research directions defining the 21st century.  Biomechatronicsprovides a complete and up-to-date account of this advanced subject at the university textbook level. 

6. This book is intended for students at the undergraduate and graduate levels, their course instructors, and researchers in biomechatronics, biomechanics, robotics, and biomedical engineering as well as for the advanced high school students and the general public. The book is written such as to provide a “big picture” of the 21st century state-of-the-art science and technology by offering a pedagogical introduction to a large variety of topics, a review of some of the historical developments, and the most up-to-date insights into the modern day Biomechatronics

7. Beginning with an introduction to biomechatronics and its historical background, this book delves into the most groundbreaking recent developments in a wide variety of subjects, such as artificial organs and tissues, prosthetic limbs, neural interfaces, orthotic systems, wearable systems for physical augmentation, physical therapy and rehabilitation, robotic surgery, natural and synthetic actuators, sensors, and control systems. A number of practice problems and solutions are provided at the end of the book.  Each chapter is co-authored by top experts led by Professor Marko B. Popovic, researcher and educator at the forefront of advancements in this fascinating field.

8. Two years in the making, the bookBiomechatronics is a result of dedicated work of a team of close to thirty contributors from all across the globe including top researchers and educators from the USA (Popovic, Lamkin-Kennard, Sinyukov, Troy, Goodworth, Johnson, Kaipa, Onal, Bowers, Djuric, Fischer, Ji, Jovanovic, Luo, Padir, Tetreault), Japan (Tashiro, Iramina, Ohta, Terasawa), Sweden (Boyraz), Turkey (Arslan, Karabulut, Ortes), Germany (Beckerle, Willwacher), New Zealand (Liarokapis), and Switzerland (Dobrev).

9. Sweden : Boyraz USA : Popovic, Lamkin-Kennard, Sinyukov, Troy, Goodworth, Johnson, Kaipa, Onal, Bowers, Djuric, Fischer, Ji, Jovanovic, Luo, Padir, Tetreault Germany : Beckerle, Willwacher Switzerland : Dobrev Japan : Tashiro, Iramina, Ohta, Terasawa Turkey : Arslan, Karabulut, Ortes New Zealand : Liarokapis

10. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Kinematics and Dynamics 3. Actuators 4. Sensors: Natural and Synthetic Sensors 5. Control and Physical Intelligence 6. Direct Neural Interfaces 7. Artificial Organs, Tissues, Support Systems 8. Molecular and Cellular Level—Applications in Biotechnology and Medicine 9. Prosthetic Limbs 10. Powered Orthotics: Enabling Brace Technologies for Upper and Lower Limbs 11. Exoskeletons, Exomusculatures, Exosuits: Dynamic Modeling and Simulation 12. Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation 13. Wheelchairs and Other Mobility Assistance 14. Feeding Systems, Assistive Robotic Arms, Robotic Nurses, Robotic Massage 15. Robotic Surgery 16. Biomechanics and Biomechatronics in Sports, Exercise, and Entertainment 17. Bio-inspired Robotics 18. Biomechatronics: A New Dawn 19. Practice Problems 20. Solutions and Hints for Selected Problems Marko B. Popovic Marko Popovic, Matthew Bowers Marko B. Popovic, Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard, Philipp Beckerle, Matthew Bowers Kathleen Lamkin-Kennard, Marko Popovic Marko Popovic, Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard, Matthew Bowers Hiroyuki Tashiro, Marko B. Popovic, KeijiIramina, YasuoTerasawa, Jun Ohta Hiroyuki Tashiro, Marko B. Popovic, Ivo Dobrev, YasuoTerasawa Lamkin-Kennard, Popovic Philipp Beckerle, Steffen Willwacher, Minas Liarokapis, Matthew Bowers, Marko B. Popovic Marko B. Popovic Arslan, Karabulut, Ortes, Popovic Adam D. Goodworth, Michelle J. Johnson, Marko Popovic Dmitry A. Sinyukov, Karen Troy, Matthew P. Bowers, TaskinPadir Marko Popovic Pinar Boyraz, Ivo Dobrev, Gregory Fischer, Marko Popovic Troy, Tetreault, Goodworth, Ji, Popovic KrishnanandKaipa, CagdasOnal, VukicaJovanovic, Ana Djuric, Ming Luo, M. Bowers, M. Popovic Minas Liarokapis, Kathleen A. Lamkin-Kennard, Marko Popovic Popovic, Lamkin-Kennard, Tashiro, Beckerle, Willwacher, Liarokapis, Johnson, Goodworth, Boyraz, Dobrev Popovic, Lamkin-Kennard, Johnson, Goodworth

11. http://users.wpi.edu/~mpopovic/index.html WPI Popovic Labs We study physics, biomechanics and robotics. Our goal is to answer how living systems function and to synthesize systems that have resembling architecture and functionality and/or may improve life. Prosthetics: leg(s), hand, elbow, shoulder, leg sockets, EMG controlled, brain controlled Braces: hand, elbow, shoulder, knee, assistive and rehabilitative orthoses, tele-operated Exoskeletons, Exomusculatures, Exosuits: lower limbs, arm Assistive devices: feeding system, eye controlled robotic arm, leg chair Bioinspired robots: humanoid legs, arms, biped, kangaroo, quadruped, dog, birds Actuators(Hydro Muscle), transmissionmechanisms(OTM), valves(CRFC), intelligent structural elements (Hydro Bone), propulsion methods (terrestrial, aquatic, aerial, magnetic field based) Physical intelligence: self evolving neural network, ATLAS humanoid robot control Novel industrial & manufacturing robotics: soft matter manipulation, robotic sewing

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14. Popovic Labs on YouTube Bio-Inspired and Wearable Robots Touch Tomorrow, posted June, 9, 2019 WPI Popovic Labs, Cambridge Science Festival 2018, posted April 28, 2018WPI Popovic Labs, Cambridge Science Festival 2017 (Science Carnival and Robot Zoo), posted May 4, 2017Welcome to Popovic Labs: December 2016 Edition , posted March 3, 2017WPI Popovic Labs, Shoulder Control Moment Gyroscope , posted February 14, 2017WPI Popovic Labs Hydro Muscle ICRA2016 Slides Movie , posted November 11, 2016WPI Popovic Labs Hydro Muscle video material for ICRA 2016 , posted November 10, 2016WPI Popovic Labs at Cambridge Science Festival 2016 , posted April 20, 2016WPI Popovic Labs, Cambridge Science Festival 2015 (Robotics Zoo), posted April 20, 2015Hydro Muscle Test 5 2014, posted October 17, 2014