dr.ir. M. Vlutters (Mark)

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.

Medicine & Life Sciences

# Ankle
# Foot
# Walking

Agriculture & Biology

# Center Of Gravity
# Pelvis
# Walking

Engineering & Materials Science

# Modulation
# Recovery

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Biomechatronics and Rehabilitation Technology (BRT)

Kilic-Bebek, E. , Nizamis, K. , Vlutters, M., Bebek, O., Karapars, Z. G. , Unal, R., Yilmaz, D., & Ugurlu, B. (2022). Transdisciplinarity as a Learning Challenge: Student Experiences and Outcomes in an Innovative Course on Wearable and Collaborative Robotics. IEEE transactions on education. https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2022.3229201

van Mierlo, M., Ormiston, J. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2022). Sagittal-plane motions accompany recovery from frontal-plane pelvis perturbations during staggered stance. Poster session presented at ISPGR World congress 2022, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

van Mierlo, M., Ormiston, J. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2022). Pelvis perturbations in various directions while standing in staggered stance elicit concurrent responses in both the sagittal and frontal plane. MedRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.18.22277773

van Mierlo, M., Ambrosius, J. I. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2022). Recovery from sagittal-plane whole body angular momentum perturbations during walking. Journal of biomechanics, 141, [111169]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111169

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.

van Mierlo, M. , Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2021). Centre of pressure modulations in double support effectively counteract anteroposterior perturbations during gait. Journal of biomechanics, 126, [110637]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110637

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

Vlutters, M. , van Asseldonk, E. H. F. , & van der Kooij, H. (2019). Ankle muscle responses during perturbed walking with blocked ankle joints. Journal of neurophysiology, 121(5), 1711-1717. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00752.2018

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

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University of Twente Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede

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