Locomotor Seminar

Human & Robotic Locomotor Seminar

Fall 2007

Wednesdays 12:00-12:50 pm, 143 MEB

http://www.rubberbug.com/walking.htm

Course Information

This course will discuss issues related to human locomotion and motor control using experimental and modeling techniques from biomechanics and robotics.

Topics of Interest

Here are topics to be discussed each week throughout Fall 2007 semester: Topics of Interests

Coming…

Harshman, R. A., and Lundy, M. E. (1994). PARAFAC: Parallel factor analysis. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 18, 39-72. PDF

Two book chapters by Harshman (the inventor of Parafac):

Harshman, R. A., & Lundy, M. E. (1984). The PARAFAC model for three-way factor analysis and multidimensional scaling. In H. G. Law, C. W. Snyder,

Jr., J. Hattie, & R. P. McDonald (Eds.), Research methods for multimode data analysis (pp. 122-215). New York: Praeger.

Harshman, R. A., & Lundy, M. E. (1984). Data preprocessing and the extended PARAFAC model. In H. G. Law, C. W. Snyder, Jr., J. Hattie, & R. P. McDonald

(Eds.), Research methods for multimode data analysis (pp.216-284). New York: Praeger.

can be downloaded from Richard Harshman's homepage at http://publish.uwo.ca/~harshman/

Fall 2007

1. Ramp walking manuscript (9/12 John Holm – 2005 MEL*) PDF MS WORD (for those who want to make or track changes)
2. Quantifying differences between phase space portraits, submitted to "Infant Behavior and Development" (9/19 Louis DiBerardino) PDF

3. "A new approach to detecting asymmetries in gait" by K.A. Shorter, J.D. Polk, K.S. Rosengren, and E.T. Hsiao-Wecksler, submitted to Clinical Biomechanics. PDF

Archive – Past activities

Publications by UIUC faculty and students related to the area of human locomotion

See listing

Contact Prof. Harry Dankowicz to provide additions dankoATuiuc.edu

Silliness and other links

Treadmill dancing

"W Prize" for terrestrial locomotion

Course registration options

Mechanical Engineering – ME 598, Section: DEH, CRN: 39320, Hours: 1 or 2

Kinesiology – KIN 594, Section LJC, CRN: 48592, Hours: 2

Anthropology – coming in Spring 2006

These courses can be repeated for a maximum of 4 hours over both courses.