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dr.ir. M. Vlutters (Mark)

Assistant Professor

About Me

I obtained a BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Biomechanical Engineering (all cum laude) at the University of Twente. My background is originally in human balance control. After obtaining my PhD degree I left academia for several years, and worked at a company (BallJames, now Inmotio) on computer vision and motion tracking.

My current position has a focus on healthcare robotics and AI. The aim of my research is to have a humanoid robot learn to provide a helping hand to a caregiver, such as a nurse, or a care receiver, such as an elderly person. This involves physical human-robot interaction, motion control, and computer vision. Also see our lab website.

Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
Ankle
Foot
Walking
Agriculture & Biology
Center Of Gravity
Pelvis
Walking
Engineering & Materials Science
Modulation
Recovery

Publications

Recent
Greveling, M., Bondt, M. D., Weijzen, F. , Geelkerken, R. , Vlutters, M., Catarinella, F., & Hinnen, J. (2021). Assessment of Walking Ability in Patients with Intermittent Claudication Using a Smartphone Accelerometer. Journal of Scientific Innovation in Medicine, 4(2), 35. https://doi.org/10.29024/jsim.117
van Mierlo, M. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2021). Minimal centre of pressure adjustments for recovering whole body angular momentum in gait. Poster session presented at 30th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Movement analysis in Adults and Children, ESMAC 2021, Odense, Denmark.
Kilic-Bebek, E. , Nizamis, K., Karapars, Z., Gokkurt , A., Unal, R., Bebek, O. , Vlutters, M., Vander Poorten, E. B., Borghesan , G., Decré, W., Aertbeliën, E., Borisova , O., Borisov, I., Kolyubin, S., & Ugurlu , B. (Accepted/In press). Discussing Modernizing Engineering Education through the Erasmus + Project Titled "Open Educational Resources on Enabling Technologies in Wearable and Collaborative Robotics (WeCoRD). Abstract from 3rd International Instructional Technologies in Engineering Education Symposium IITEE , Izmir, Turkey.
Zhao, G., Ahmad Sharbafi, M. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E., & Seyfarth, A. (2019). Bio-Inspired Balance Control Assistance Can Reduce Metabolic Energy Consumption in Human Walking. IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering, 27(9), 1760-1769. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2929544

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W102
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex  W102
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands