Tom Worsnopp

		Tom Worsnopp Phone: (847) 467-1070 E-mail: Office: B230 Tech Institute BS 2001, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University MS 2003, Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University PhD coming soon.

Current Research In collaboration with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) and the Neuromuscular Hand Rehabilitation Lab under the supervision of Derek Kamper, I am currently developing a finger exoskeleton. The exoskeleton will be used as a tool for the study of stroke patients, allowing us to obtain joint positions, velocities, and torques while performing tasks. It will also provide a means of applying perturbations to the subject's motions. A subject's response to such perturbations will provide us with a better understanding of the underlying neuromechanics of finger motion in stroke patients. Previous Research Prior to my research into the development of a finger exoskeleton, I worked with the Unicycle Two-Link Arm (UTLA) Cobot. Publications T. Worsnopp, M.A. Peshkin, J.E. Colgate, K.M. Lynch, "Controlling the Apparent Inertia of Passive Human-Interactive Robots", ASME Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, 2005. (pdf) T. Worsnopp, M.A. Peshkin, J.E. Colgate, K.M. Lynch, "Controlling the Apparent Inertia of Passive Human-Interactive Robots", International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2004. (pdf) T. Worsnopp, "Design of a Unicycle Cobot Controller", M.S. Thesis, Northwestern University, 2003. (pdf) Research The Unicycle Two-Link Arm (UTLA) Cobot.

Last updated by Tom Worsnopp on April 05, 2007.