UW BADGER Lab Blog History

Kieran Nichols and Becca Roembke publish paper on actuator communication
February 28, 2025
UNC Colleagues publish a paper on DMAMA in aging
January 6, 2025
Sofya Akhetova publishes paper on real-time-adaptive identification of gait events from IMU signals
July 3, 2024
Paper on estimating foot clearance with wearable sensors
June 19, 2024
BADGER Lab team publishes paper describing the Two-Axis ‘Daptable Ankle (TADA)
June 19, 2024
Paper on changes in DMAMA in Unimpaired Walking Across Speeds, Ramps, and Stairs
April 25, 2024
Paper on impact-aware foot motion reconstruction
March 18, 2024
Congratulations to BADGER Lab MS Graduate Tyler Bennett
September 8, 2023
Congratulations to BADGER Lab PhD Graduate Kieran Nichols
September 8, 2023
BADGER and NMBL Labs publish opinion paper on Wearable Sensing in Ecological Contexts
July 28, 2023
Balance Training by wobble board and remote-controlled car: new research characterizes challenge, performance and engagement
April 10, 2023
BADGER Lab shares research on evaluating prosthetic feet using real-world data at MHSRS 2022
August 31, 2022
BADGER Lab helps host Workshop on Exoskeletons in Construction
July 26, 2022
Two papers on using Variable-Stiffness Foot for biomechanical simulation
July 26, 2022
Kate Konieczka wins a Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowship
July 26, 2022
UW BADGER Lab hosted Dynamic Walking 2022
June 27, 2022
BADGER Lab to host Dynamic Walking 2022
April 16, 2022
February 2022 – New Paper on Wearable Estimates of Muscle-Tendon Power in the Soleus and Gastrocnemius on different slopes
February 18, 2022
November 2021 – BADGER Lab looking for undergraduate research assistants in Robotics, Prostheses
November 11, 2021
October 2021 – Heidi Fehr wins second place in the Society of Women Engineers Graduate Poster Competition
November 2, 2021
September 2021 – Paper on Ankle Mechanics on ramps and stairs with the Variable-Stiffness Prosthesis
September 30, 2021
March 2021 – former BADGER Lab student Jenny Leestma earns NSF Graduate Fellowship
March 24, 2021
February 2021 – Paper on Modeling the Variable-Stiffness Foot
February 21, 2021
January 2021 – Paper on wearable movement sensors, terrain, foot movement and energy expenditure
January 13, 2021
December 2020 – Congratulations to Jenna Thorp on her successful PhD defense!
December 9, 2020
November 2020 – Journal Cover paper on In-Game Cutting Kinematics in Ultimate Frisbee
November 27, 2020
October 2020 – Paper on gait entrainment and muscle response to rhythmic electrical stimulation
October 30, 2020
September 2020 – New DOD-funded research: Prosthesis with Osseointegrated Bidirectional Neural Interface
September 26, 2020
September 2020 – BADGER and NMBL Labs launch Phase II STTR on Tendon Tensiometry
September 26, 2020
September 2020 – BADGER Lab student Rebecca Roembke begins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
August 26, 2020
September 2020 – New paper on Semi-active Weightlifting Ankle Prosthesis (SWAP)
August 26, 2020
August 2020 – Welcome new BADGER Graduate Students: Stephanie Hernández Hernández and Jingjun Liu
August 26, 2020
August 2020 – BADGER and NMB Labs publish first paper on mobile tendon tensiometry
August 26, 2020
August 2020 – Poster Presentations at vASB 2020
August 19, 2020
May 2020 – BADGER Lab members showcase their work at Dynamic Walking 2020 online
May 15, 2020
March 2020 – Two BADGERs earn NSF Graduate Fellowships
March 31, 2020
November 2019 – DMAMA paper describes ankle control in walking and running
November 28, 2019
October 2019 – Prof. Adamczyk named Charles Ringrose Assistant Professor in UW-Madison College of Engineering
November 28, 2019
September 2019 – Welcome new BADGER Lab members Heidi Fehr and Yisen Wang
November 28, 2019
August 2019 – Paul Slaughter wins ASB Undergraduate Poster Competition
August 27, 2019
August 2019 – The BADGERs take Calgary!
July 28, 2019
July 2019 – Prof. Adamczyk receives DOD grant to study prosthetics and orthotics “in the real world”
July 12, 2019
June 2019 – Congratulations to M.S. grad Mike Greene
June 30, 2019
June 2019 – Weixin Wang publishes a paper evaluating the Bingham Filter for tracking orientation in inertial sensors
June 15, 2019
April 2019 – M.S. grad Weixin Wang publishes paper on real-world movement analysis with wearable sensors
April 30, 2019
January 2019 – Congratulations to graduate Jenny Leestma, B.S.
January 30, 2019
January 2019 – Congratulations to graduate Weixin Wang, M.S.
January 10, 2019
December 2018 – Jenna Thorp publishes review of wearable sensors for Parkinson’s Disease
December 12, 2018
October 2018 – Evan Glanzer publishes paper on the Variable-Stiffness Foot
October 25, 2018
September 2018 – Profs. Adamczyk, Zinn and Gruben receive NSF National Robotics Initiative grant for high-powered haptic rehabilitation robotics
September 25, 2018
September 2018 – Adamczyk and Thelen receive NIH STTR for Wearable Tendon Tensiometry
September 20, 2018
August 2018 – Jenny Leestma wins for EMG pattern recognition poster
August 31, 2018
June 2018 – Congrats to BADGER grad Evan Glanzer, M.S.
June 30, 2018
May 2018 – Congratulations to BADGER Lab grad Jason Dekarske
May 28, 2018
May 2018 – Congratulations to BADGER Lab Grad Hannah Mrazsko
May 20, 2018
April 2018 – BME design award for BADGER Lab students
April 30, 2018
April 2018 – Intro to Robotics featured in UW Engineering News
April 3, 2018
March 2018 – Human-Centered Robotics at UW College of Engineering
March 1, 2018
November 2017 – Robohub podcast on Semi-active Prostheses
November 24, 2017