Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Masia

Full Professor in Technical Medicine and Robotics.

I direct a fully functional robotics laboratory that features multiple independent research projects (about 4M US$ from competitive grant), with several customized robotic devices developed in house and I conduct research in two shared clinical facilities using my technology in singaporean hospitals. My teaching activities include classes of more than 400 students in Control Theory, Electric Circuit and Electronic Devices and Mechatronics.

• My role was leading the motor learning and robotic rehabilitation lab and its team (6 people). In two years we succeeded in expanding the lab into two clinical facilities and deploying our technology and expertise to the hospitals which funded my research program in Robotic Rehabilitation.

• During my research activities I was able to create a line of robotic devices for upper limb rehabilitation after stroke which at present are deployed in multiple academic and clinical institutions worldwide.

• in my two years of research at MIT I designed and developed a modular device for hand rehabilitation now commercialized by Bionik Lab Inc. (USA) as ‘InMotion Hand Robot’: it is one of the few systems for hand restoration deployed in multiple hospitals around the world and extensively used in clinical practice with tangible results.

Robotics, Mechatronics and Assistive Technology

Robotics and Rehabilitation

Biomedical Engineering