Technology Commercialization in Partnership with Össur

We have worked with Össur, one of the leading manufacturers in prosthesis technology, to test our control algorithms on their commercial hardware. The video above shows our data-driven variable impedance controller deployed on the Össur Power Knee. We’re working on quantifying the clinical benefits of the Power Knee and investigating how these benfits depend on the control policy used.

A key feature of our controller is its phase variable that synchronizes the leg’s behavior to the user’s intent. A fun consequence of this feature is that it allows Andrew to play kickball: