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Katja Mombaur
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Research
Latest papers
Active robotic assistance for standing and sitting: experimental evaluation of handle trajectories.
Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026 · senior author
The size of the functional base of support decreases with age.
Scientific reports · 2025
Case study on force compliant robot arm controller for nasopharyngeal swab insertion.
Scientific reports · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $138,000
Novel Human-Inspired Stability and Robustness Concepts for Human-Centred Robots and Biomedical Devices
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $4,200,000
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
- $886,000
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
18 publications.
Active robotic assistance for standing and sitting: experimental evaluation of handle trajectories.
Ackermann M, Sloot LH, Mombaur K
The size of the functional base of support decreases with age.
Sloot LH, Gerhardy T, Mombaur K, Millard M
Case study on force compliant robot arm controller for nasopharyngeal swab insertion.
Lee PQ, Zelek JS, Mombaur K
An outdoor dual-task study on cognitive-motor interference during exoskeleton-assisted walking.
Riedel N, Marinou G, Mombaur K, Deml B
Development and Validation of a Modular Sensor-Based System for Gait Analysis and Control in Lower-Limb Exoskeletons.
Marinou G, Kourouma I, Mombaur K
Aging in 10 Minutes: Do Age Simulation Suits Mimic Physical Decline in Old Age? Comparing Experimental Data with Established Reference Data.
Gerhardy TH, Schlomann A, Wahl HW, Mombaur K, Sloot LH, Schmidt LI
Can lower-limb exoskeletons support sit-to-stand motions in frail elderly without crutches? A study combining optimal control and motion capture.
Lau JCL, Mombaur K
Estimating speaker direction on a humanoid robot with binaural acoustic signals.
Barot P, Mombaur K, MacDonald EN
On the Distribution of Muscle Signals: A Method for Distance-Based Classification of Human Gestures.
Große Sundrup J, Mombaur K
Making Bipedal Robot Experiments Reproducible and Comparable: The Eurobench Software Approach.
Remazeilles A, Dominguez A, Barralon P, Torres-Pardo A, Pinto D, Aller F, Mombaur K, Conti R, Saccares L, Thorsteinsson F, Prinsen E, Cantón A, Castilla J, Sanz-Morère CB, Tornero J, Torricelli D
Novel Human-Inspired Stability and Robustness Concepts for Human-Centred Robots and Biomedical Devices
Principal investigators: Mombaur, Katja
Keywords: stability; robustness; human movement; biomechanics modeling; risk of falls; perturbation recovery; model-based optimization and control; whole-body dynamics; humanoid robots; exoskeletons
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence
Principal investigators: Mombaur, Katja
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Human-Centred Robotics and Machine Intelligence
Principal investigators: Mombaur, Katja
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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