Allison Okamura is revolutionizing rehabilitation
How can we improve physical rehabilitation after injuries?
Professor Okamura’s lab is making medical care more portable and user-friendly by applying advances in teleoperation and soft robotics. Her recent projects include exoskeletons that can precisely operate a prosthesis, inflatable robots that boost mobility to stroke patients, and pneumatic sleeves for simulating social touch. Watch this video of Professor Okamura’s talk at the 2024 Stanford Reunion Homecoming to learn more about how tomorrow’s robots will be more flexible and in tune with our bodies.
Allison Okamura, MS ’96, PhD ’00, is a professor of mechanical engineering and, by courtesy, of computer science. Her Collaborative Haptics in Robotics and Medicine (CHARM) Lab focuses on medical robots, soft robotics, and haptics. Professor Okamura has authored more than 300 journal articles and conference papers. She has won numerous awards including a 2024 Nagamori Award, the 2022 Stanford Faculty Women’s Forum Allyship Award, and the 2020 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Technical Achievement Award.
