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Dr. Hermano I Krebs

Principal Research Scientist
Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Fujita Health University School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Newcastle University, Institute of Neuroscience
Visiting Professor, Osaka University, Mechanical Science and Bioengineering Department
Visiting Professor, Loughborough University, The Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering
IEEE Fellow

Primary DLC

Department of Mechanical Engineering

MIT Room: 3-137
(617) 253-8112
http://meche.mit.edu/people/faculty/hikrebs@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Robotics
Rehabilitation Robotics
Agricultural Robotics
Human-Machine Interactions

Research Summary

Dr. Krebs has one main tool and two overarching goals: The tool is robotics.

The goals are: (1) to revolutionize the practice of rehabilitation medicine by applying robotics and information technology that can assist, enhance, and quantify rehabilitation - particularly neuro-rehabilitation; and (2) to improve productivity in agriculture by applying robotics and information technology, particularly in sugarcane farming.


(summary updated 4/2018)

Recent Work

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