John Dallaway holds a PhD in Rehabilitation Robotics. His postgraduate studies were centred
on the integration of intelligent task-level and direct robot control strategies under a
common user interface. At the University of Cambridge, Dr Dallaway was involved in several projects concerning the high-level command of assistive mechatronic systems and is a co-author of the Cambridge University Robot Language (CURL). He is also the author and maintainer of the Rehabilitation Robotics Jumpstation.
Håkan Eftring (MSc) graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and
received the licentiate degree of engineering in 1990. Between 1985 and 1991
he worked as a research engineer at the Royal Institute of Technology and
the Swedish Institute of Production Engineering Research. Since 1992 he has
been working at the Centre of Rehabilitation
Engineering Research (CERTEC), Lund University, Sweden.
In the RAID projects, Mr Eftring developed robot grippers and readerboards for book
handling and page turning. Since 1995 he has been working to establish a
National Rehabilitation Robotic Centre at Rehabcentrum
Lund-Orup which will give spinal cord injured patients early experience
of rehabilitation robotic aids.
Formerly at the Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories as Director of Rehabilitation Robotics Research, William Harwin has now joined the Department of Cybernetics at the University of Reading.
His main research interest is in technologies for people with disabilities. Specific research areas within this field include rehabilitation robotics, haptic interfaces and powered orthoses. Dr Harwin also has a strong interest in the design and manufacture of products for rehabilitation applications, in product evolution, and in prototyping and manufacture via freeform fabrication.
Michael Hillman is Principal Engineer at the Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, and is involved as a mechanical design engineer in a wide range of assistive technology projects. He has been involved in the Institute's rehabilitation robotics programme since the beginning.
Richard Mahoney is the Director of Business Development for the Rehabilitation Technologies Division of Applied Resources Corporation and in this capacity is responsible for the development of a product line of assistive robotic devices. He has been active internationally in the research and development of robotic aids since 1988, has previously served as Co-Director of the Robotics Program at the Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories of the duPont Hospital for Children and the University of Delaware, and was at one time the chairperson for the special interest group on Assistive Robots and Mechatronics for RESNA. Richard received his MS and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and his PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, where he was a Fulbright Student in 1990-1991.
Håkan Neveryd graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Lund University in 1982. He received a Teacher Degree at Växjö University in 1984.
Since 1978 he has worked as a teacher at technical colleges in the south of Sweden. Between 1985 and 1990 he also worked as a CAD consultant.
Since 1990 he has been working at CERTEC at Lund University within the area of robotics and disabled people. He is, since 1993, the director of CERTEC.
Mr Neveryd has been engaged in the analysis of existing robotic installations for disabled people and is now working with the control of the mobile robot system WALKY. He has designed and constructed a CAD/CAM robotic training station for disabled people.
Tariq Rahman is with the Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories at the duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. He is the director of the rehabilitation robotics laboratory. Dr Rahman is also research assistant professor in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware, and research associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at Drexel University in Philaldelphia. His professional interests lie in the areas of robotics, rehabilitation engineering and controls.
Machiel Van der Loos has been involved in the VA/Stanford Rehabilitation
Robotics Program since 1979 in various roles: graduate student,
mechanical designer, system integrator, and, most recently, project
director. He received the Ingénieur Mécanicien degree from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in 1979, and an Engineer's
Degree (1984) and PhD (1992) from Stanford University in Mechanical
Engineering, all in robotics. He has a special interest in the use of
mechatronics in rehabilitation, human-machine interface design and
assistive device assessment for the clinic.