Robotic device for studies of human movement perception and control

这项提案要求提供资金，用于购买双手动KINARM Endpoint Robot设备，这是一种用于研究人类运动学习和控制的最先进的虚拟现实系统。该设备将支持Randy Flanagan(心理学)、Jason Gallivan(心理学、生物医学和分子科学)、Gunnar Blohm(生物医学和分子科学、心理学、数学和统计、计算学院)、Jordan Poppenk(心理学)和Niko Troje(心理学)的研究计划。 申请的KINARM将取代史蒂文·斯科特博士现有的设备，该设备目前在一个共享的研究空间(在女王医院的阿布拉姆斯基大厅)，但将于下个月被转移到Dieu酒店医院，在那里它将专门用于患者测试和评估。 KINARM设备目前正被弗拉纳根、Gallivan和Blohm实验室的多名受训人员(包括研究生和博士后)使用，持续使用KINARM对这些正在进行的研究项目的成功至关重要，这些项目构成了这些研究人员长期研究目标的关键组成部分。KINARM对于Poppenk和Troje正在计划的新研究计划的成功也至关重要。因此，如果不能及时更换这一独特的设备，将严重危及一些正在进行的、成功的研究计划，并阻止几个令人兴奋的新研究计划的推出。

This proposal requests funds to purchase a Bimanual KINARM Endpoint Robot device, a state-of-the-art virtual reality system used for studies of human motor learning and control. The device will support the research programs of Randy Flanagan (Psychology), Jason Gallivan (Psychology, Biomedical & Molecular Sciences), Gunnar Blohm (Biomedical & Molecular Sciences, Psychology, Mathematics & Statistics, School of Computing), Jordan Poppenk (Psychology), and Niko Troje (Psychology). The requested KINARM will replace an existing device belonging to Dr. Steven Scott, which is currently in a shared research space (in Abramsky Hall at Queen's) but will be moved, next month, to Hotel Dieu Hospital where it will be used, exclusively, for patient testing and evaluation. The KINARM device is currently being used by multiple trainees (including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) in the Flanagan, Gallivan, and Blohm labs and continued access to a KINARM is critical to the success of these ongoing research projects, which form key components of these investigators’ long term research objectives. The KINARM is also critical for the success of new research initiatives being planned by Poppenk and Troje. Therefore, failure to replace this unique device in a timely fashion will seriously jeopardise a number of ongoing, and successful, research programs and prevent the launching of several exciting new research programs.