Robotics Lab
The Robotics Lab's research is aimed at understanding the sensory-motor system through close interaction with artificial systems & how the brain executes motor behaviors.
Our Projects
Take a look at a few of the projects we work on everyday.
Research Project
Research Project
Our Clinical Trials
Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Research Study
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab is conducting a research study on how robots can be used as rehabilitation tools.
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Robot-Assisted Upper Extremity Rehabilitation
The Shirley Ryan Ability Lab is conducting a research study on how robots can be used as rehabilitation tools.
read moreSelected Publications
A Model for Human–Human Collaborative Object Manipulation and Its Application to Human–Robot Interaction
read moreLearning redundant motor tasks with and without overlapping dimensions: facilitation and interference effects.
read moreWhite matter microstructure changes induced by motor skill learning utilizing a body machine interface.
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Latest Updates
Listen to Dr. Jayaraman on INside the OUTcomes: A Rehabilitation Research Podcast
How are wearable sensors, robotics, and AI changing rehabilitation? Arun Jayaraman of Shirley Ryan AbilityLab shares how emerging technologies are helping improve recovery, mobility, and independence…
view all newsAARP Feature: The New Science of Moving Again After a Stroke
A former Shirley Ryan AbilityLab patient and research participant was recently featured in an AARP article on advances in stroke rehabilitation over the past 25 years. The article highlights how emerging technologies are helping to transform recovery and features insights from Dr. Arun Jayaraman, who notes that stroke rehabilitation is a highly individualized process requiring personalized solutions.
Researcher Studies Nerve Transfer to Restore Diaphragm Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Mackenzie Long, a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, has been selected as an affiliate trainee in the Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation of Neural Dysfunction (PRND) Training Program.