Horst Complex

dr.ir. M. Vlutters (Mark)

Assistant Professor
ET-BE-BRT
Horst Complex W102
m.vlutters@utwente.nl
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I obtained BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Biomedical / Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Twente (all cum laude), in the topic of human balance control. After obtaining my PhD degree I left academia for several years to work at a start-up company in computer vision and motion tracking.

My current position has a focus on robot learning, in particular robot programming by demonstration. The aim of this paradigm is to have a robot learn to perform assistive tasks by observing a demonstration performed by a human. Rather than depending on large amounts of data, we aim to generalize to task variations based on as little data as possible by identifying structure in the demonstrated tasks. Also see our lab website.

I also have a passion for education. I am a Comenius Teaching Fellow for introducing Agile principles in thesis project guidance.

Expertise

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Pelvis
    • Foot
    • Walking
    • Ankle
    • Standing
    • Muscle
    • Joint

  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Pressure

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Publications

2023

Effect of perturbation timing on recovering whole-body angular momentum during very slow walking (2023)Human movement science, 91. Article 103138. van Mierlo, M., Abma, M., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F. & van der Kooij, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2023.103138Data belonging to the paper: Sagittal-plane balance perturbations during very slow walking: Strategies for recovering linear and angular momentum (2023)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. van Mierlo, M., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F., van der Kooij, H. & van Asseldonk, E. H. F.https://doi.org/10.4121/21370095Transdisciplinarity as a Learning Challenge: Student Experiences and Outcomes in an Innovative Course on Wearable and Collaborative Robotics (2023)IEEE transactions on education, 66(3), 263-273. Kilic-Bebek, E., Nizamis, K., Vlutters, M., Bebek, O., Karapars, Z. G., Ünal, R., Yilmaz, D. & Ugurlu, B.https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2022.3229201Recovering linear and angular momentum during walking (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van Mierlo, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556149Sagittal-plane balance perturbations during very slow walking: Strategies for recovering linear and angular momentum (2023)Journal of biomechanics, 152. Article 111580. van Mierlo, M., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F. & van der Kooij, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111580Pelvis perturbations in various directions while standing in staggered stance elicit concurrent responses in both the sagittal and frontal plane (2023)PLoS ONE, 18(4). Article e0272245. van Mierlo, M., Ormiston, J., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F. & van der Kooij, H.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272245

2022

Upper body perturbations dataset (2022)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Areda (University of Twente). van Mierlo, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F., Vlutters, M. & van der Kooij, H.Introduction to robotics for medical professionals (2022)In Open Educational Resources on Enabling Technologies in Wearable and Collaborative Robotics (pp. 127 - 166). Nizamis, K., Vlutters, M. & Vander Poorten, E.Data belonging to the paper: Pelvis perturbations in various directions while standing in staggered stance elicit concurrent responses in both the sagittal and frontal plane (2022)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. van Mierlo, M., Ormiston, J., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F. & van der Kooij, H.https://doi.org/10.4121/20318382.v1Recovery from sagittal-plane whole body angular momentum perturbations during walking (2022)Journal of biomechanics, 141. Article 111169. van Mierlo, M., Ambrosius, J. I., Vlutters, M., van Asseldonk, E. H. F. & van der Kooij, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111169

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Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W102
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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