In collaboration with the Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Humotech is helping lead a new groundbreaking study aimed at informing the prescription of ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) with an emulation strategy powered by Humotech’s Caplex® System. The Problem: a […]
EMG-based personalization of robotic ankle-foot orthosis assistance using Human-in-the-Loop optimization during squatting
Jeong H, Miri S, Kantharaju P, Arachchige DKD, Bhatt T, Kim M. (2026) IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
Designing and Validating a Prosthetic Shock Absorbing Pylon Emulator
Haddy CJ, Caringella ER, Caputo JM, Curran CS, Kingsbury TD, Major MJ, Takahashi KZ. (2026) Rocky Mountain American Society of Biomechanics.
Dynamic stability is tied to gait assistance when walking with a hip exoskeleton
Mohammadzadeh Gonabadi A, Fallahtafti F, Myers SA, Burnfield JM. (2026) Scientific Reports.
Humotech, Penn State Health Partnering for O&P Research
By The O&P Edge
MechE grad teaching prosthetic feet how to walk
By Kaitlyn Landram at Carnegie Mellon University
Shapiro Administration Invests More Than $3.1 Million to Help Boost Manufacturing Innovation Partnerships Across Pennsylvania
By Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
Informing Clinical Care with Data: Humotech’s Next Chapter
Humotech was founded at the intersection of biomechanics research, wearable robotics engineering, and a dream to advance human mobility. Since our earliest days, we have been focused on providing a platform to support rigorous, data-driven experiments that help us better understand how people move and how assistive technologies like prosthetics, orthotics, and exoskeletons can enhance that movement. Today, that work has advanced to the next chapter. We’re introducing the Clinical Caplex® System, extending our work from the research lab and into clinical environments—supporting patients, prosthetists, and anyone weighing the […]
Body-weight support is the primary driver of elevated walking cost in cerebral palsy
Ries AJ, Steele KM, Donelan JM, Schwartz MH. (2026) Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.
Design in Motion: A Conversation with Humotech’s Principal Design Engineer
Q&A With Carl Curran At Humotech, our mission is to accelerate the development of wearable machines that improve mobility and quality of life. Behind every piece of technology we build is a team focused on making complex robotic systems more accessible to researchers, clinicians, and innovators around the world. One of the people helping drive […]



