Portrait of Hartmut Geyer
Associate Professor
Home Department: RI
Office: 4517 Newell-Simon Hall
Phone: (412) 268-1724
Administrative Assistant: Ashlyn Lacovara
Mailing Address

I am interested in advancing the science and technology of legged dynamic systems and in improving through this work the quality of life for people who depend on robotics technology to assist, replace or restore their physical capabilities. We pursue this goal in my group along three interconnected directions:

(1) We work on a unified theory of legged dynamic systems with a focus on speed, robustness and agility; and implement, demonstrate and evaluate this theory on bipedal robots of human scale.

(2) We use the knowledge gained in the previous direction to develop physiologically plausible computer models of the human neuromuscular system; propose and explore new theories about how humans control and learn locomotion; and evaluate model predictions against human behavior in experiments.

(3) We design and build new prototypes of powered prosthetic legs capable of high performance locomotion; transfer strategies that mimic human neuromuscular control to achieve human-like gait stability and dexterity; and evaluate the benefits of resulting prosthesis controllers in experiments with amputee users.

Displaying 73 Publications

2021
Ashwin Khadke and Hartmut Geyer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE-RAS 20th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids '20), pp. 185 - 192, July, 2021
2020
Preeti Sar and Hartmut Geyer
Journal Article, Journal of Computational Neuroscience, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 365 - 375, November, 2020
Conference Paper, Proceedings of International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (WeRob '20), pp. 63 - 67, October, 2020
Hendrik Reimann, Rachid Ramadan, Tyler Fettrow, Jocelyn F. Hafer, Hartmut Geyer, and John J. Jeka
Journal Article, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living: Biomechanics and Control of Human Movement, Vol. 2, No. 94, July, 2020
2019
N. Thatte, T. Shah, and H. Geyer
Journal Article, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 3129 - 3136, October, 2019
Hartmut Geyer and U. Saranli
Book Section/Chapter, In Humanoid Robotics: A Reference, August, 2019
Hartmut Geyer and Andre Seyfarth
Book Section/Chapter, In Humanoid Robotics: A Reference, August, 2019
N. Thatte, N. Srinivasan, and H. Geyer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of Robotics Systems and Sciences (RSS '19), June, 2019
M. Gordon, N. Thatte, and H. Geyer
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 7920 - 7925, May, 2019
T. Li, H. Geyer, C. G. Atkeson, and A. Rai
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICRA) International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 263 - 269, May, 2019