Research

Ten of our PhD students represented the department at the Motoneuron Conference in Newfoundland, showcasing their work on motor neuron research. The team contributed with multiple posters, two oral presentations and Prof. Alessandro Del Vecchio also hosted a panel, bringing our expertise to the moto...

Our prestigues ERC Proof of Concept grant "PlayAgain" just started. For this we are developing a minimally invasive neuromotor interface for children with paralyzed hands following pediatric stroke or hemispherotomy. Building on our discoveries of spared motor neuron activity in paralysis, we wil...

Our latest paper reveals high neural specificity in how motor units are recruited for single- and multidigit hand tasks. By combining 3D hand kinematics with high-density EMG recordings, the study shows that only a small fraction of motor units are active across both task types, highlighting the pre...

Our open-source MyoGestic framework, designed as an assisting tool for researchers to decode movement intention using a new wearable sEMG bracelet, has been published in Science Advances. This milestone highlights the potential of our technology to transform neurorehabilitation and opens new avenues...

We're delighted to share that Prof. Dr. Alessandro Del Vecchio, the head of our N-squared Lab at FAU, has secured a significant 1.6 million euros in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his exciting Emmy Noether project, DeMOTUS! What's DeMOTUS all about? Prof. Del Vecchio and hi...

We congratulate Vlad Cnejevici on completing his master's thesis titled "Comparative Analysis and Optimization of AI models for Hand Movement Estimation using HD-sEMG"! Estimating the hand position reliably from surface Electromyography signals is of utmost importance to any prosthesis or exoskel...

Congratulations to Maria Tischer on the successful completion of her Bachelor's Thesis titled "EMGSuite - Framework Foundation for EMG driven bionic limb prosthesis"! Maria's thesis focused on optimizing motor activations for an anthropomorphic bionic finger, aiming to replicate the movement of a...

Congratulations to Niklas Pollak for successfully completing his Bachelor's Thesis in collaboration with the Chair of Computer Science 3 - Computer Architecture on the topic of "Optimization and Evaluation of a Neural Network on a Heterogeneous Embedded Computer Architecture for Use in Neuromuscular...

Congratulations to Patricia Bayer on completing her Master's Thesis on the topic of the "Motor Unit Behavior in Spinal Cord Injury - Analysis of spared neural activity and training effects on hand muscles"! In her master’s thesis, Patricia analyzed high-density surface EMG data from spinal cord i...

Congratulations to Dominik Braun on completing hisMaster's Thesis on the topic of the "Optimization of a Neural Interface Embedded in a Graphical User Interface to Control Assistive Devices"! Dominik's work focused on optimizing and embedding a Neural Interface using real-time decomposition of HD...