ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Laczko Jozsef <laczko.jozsef AT wigner.mta.hu>]

Tisztelt Kollégák!

Meghívjuk Önöket a Wigner FK szemináriumára ahol két előadó mutatja be 
munkáját két 30 perces előadásban 2017 július 11-én:

A szeminárium 2017 július 11-én kedden 13:10-kor kezdődik
a KFKI campus 1. épület tanácstermében.

1.
Cím: “Motor Control of Object Manipulation. Normal Behavior and  
Consequences of Brain Damage”

Előadó: Prof.  Joachim Hermsdörfer
(Chair of Human Movement Science, Technical University of Munich)

2.
Cím: Robotic Rehabilitation and Its Effect on Human Motor Control: 
Challenges and Opportunities

Előadó: Prof. Jürgen Konczak
(University of Minnesota, School of Kinesiology)



Kivonat 1. (Prof Hermsdörfer):
During object manipulation adequate grip forces must be generated that 
are high enough to prevent slippage of the grasped object but are low 
enough to avoid fatigue or object damage. During movements of grasped 
objects acceleration dependent inertial loads add to gravitational 
loads. It has been shown that grip force precisely anticipate the 
physical load. The first part of the presentation presents data on grip 
force control during dynamic loading in microgravity, in conditions of 
skin anesthesia and cortical or cerebellar lesions.  Grip force also 
anticipate physical properties of the object such as size and weight. In 
another series of experiments we investigated how healthy subjects and 
stroke patients anticipate the size, the material, the center of gravity 
and finally the identity of grasped and lifted object. Interestingly 
only the later condition posed serious problem on force scaling with the 
left non-paretic hand in stroke patients with left brain damage.


Kivonat 2: (Prof. Konczak).
It is not a science fiction scenario, but within the next two decades 
the use of robotic devices to aid motor recovery after injury or to 
train lost motor function will become common place. I will report on the 
challenges, that is, to design robots that take into account human 
biomechanics and neuromuscular physiology so they can interact 
seamlessly with humans and understand specific motor control deficits of 
a patient.  I will also highlight the opportunities of this approach to 
improve the current level of care in rehabilitation clinics.

Üdvözlettel,

Laczkó József