Jürgen Konczak, PhD, professor at the School of Kinesiology and director of the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory, Tim Kowalewski, PhD, assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, and Andrew Grande, MD, assistant professor in Neurosurgery, recently received a $60,000 UMN grant, through the Institute for Engineering and Medicine, to form a campus-wide consortium of experts in neurorobotics.

Robotic technology and medicine is a rapidly emerging field. Therefore, the new Center will leverage the science of intelligent robotics to overcome long-standing barriers to improve neurological care, and elevate the current standard of care in Minnesota and nationwide. The consortium will identify the challenges of treating diseases affecting the nervous system that can be advanced by neurorobotics, and thus, will lead to major breakthroughs in neurological care.