CMMI Workshop on Neuromechanical Engineering

该研讨会奖项的目标是确定神经机械工程领域的关键挑战，这些挑战可以通过在动力学、控制和优化领域的研究来解决。预计这些领域的研究将导致人类感觉-运动协调的新模型，并找到利用这些模型开发能够帮助、恢复和增强人类感觉-运动功能的技术的新方法。将邀请不同的工程师、科学家和临床医生评估神经机械工程的研究和教育活动的现状，并为新的研究主题提出建议。可交付成果包括一份最终报告，向更广泛的研究和教育界以及公众介绍这些建议。本次研讨会将促进对与援助、康复和增强感觉运动功能有关的国家迫切需要的领域具有高度影响的研究。其中一些领域如下：(1)电动矫形器，以帮助中风、脊髓灰质炎、多发性硬化症、脊髓损伤和脑瘫并发症患者的足下行走；(2)机器人疗法，为中风幸存者恢复协调和基本运动技能；以及(3)脑机接口和假肢，以恢复截肢者和脊髓损伤患者的感觉-运动功能。研讨会还将催化大脑反向工程的变革性进展。这是美国国家工程院提出的面向21世纪的重大挑战。不同的参与者群体将加强跨学科合作，并将增加与来自代表性不足群体和职业生涯早期的研究人员的接触。

The goal of this workshop award is to identify critical challenges in the field of neuromechanical engineering that can be addressed by research in the areas of dynamics, control, and optimization. It is expected that research in these areas will lead to new models of human sensory-motor coordination and to new ways of leveraging these models in developing technology that can assist, rehabilitate, and augment human sensory-motor function. A diverse group of engineers, scientists, and clinicians will be invited to assess the current state of research and educational activities in neuromechanical engineering and to develop recommendations for new research themes. Deliverables include a final report that presents these recommendations to the broader research and educational community and to the general public.This workshop will promote research that has high impact on areas of critical national need related to assistance, rehabilitation, and augmentation of sensory-motor function. Some of these areas are as follows: (1) powered orthotics to assist drop-foot gait in people suffering from complications of stroke, polio, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and cerebral palsy; (2) robotic therapies to rehabilitate coordination and basic motor skills for stroke survivors; and (3) brain-machine interfaces and prosthetics to restore sensory-motor function to amputees and to people with spinal cord injury. The workshop will also catalyze transformative progress toward ?reverse-engineering the brain,? a grand challenge proposed by the National Academy of Engineering for the 21st century. The diverse group of participants will enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration and will increase engagement with researchers who are from under-represented groups and who are early in their careers.