Our work re-thinks how we interface with the human body.

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2026

A WIRELESS MAGNETIC IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS NEUROMUSCULAR SENSING

Christopher C. Shallal†, Cameron R. Taylor†, Seong Ho Yeon, Richard J. Casler, Dara Oseyemi, Guillermo Herrera-Arcos, Junqing Qiao, Tony Shu, Jay Xu, Daniel Levine, Ana Rajcevic, Sean Boerhout, Aimee Liu, Ellen G. Clarrissimeaux, Joseph A. Paradiso, Rickard Brånemark, Matthew J. Carty, Hugh M. Herr. Nature Sensors (In Press)

Magnetomicrometry provides more accurate and more responsive neuroprosthetic control compared to both surface and implanted electromyography. Download the paper.

DISPLACEMENT-ENFORCED MODE TRANSITIONS IN ROTARY METAMORPHIC FLEXURE BEARINGS

Alyssa Tomkinson†, Cameron R. Taylor†, Will Flanagan, Jonathan B. Hopkins, Tyler R. Clites. Mechanism and Machine Theory (In Press)

Rotary metamorphic flexure bearings extend rotational compliant mechanism benefits with a conventional bearing angular range of motion. Download the paper.

AN EXPERIMENT IN HELPING STUDENTS TO COLLABORATIVELY ENGINEER WITH AI

Mike Wilkins, Cameron R. Taylor. ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Engineering students should be empowered to collaborate with GenAI while maintaining agency and mastery over their work. Download the paper.

A CRITICAL ORIENTATION ON MUSCLE MARKER PLACEMENT: MULTIPLE ANGLES TO CONSIDER

Cameron R. Taylor, Rachel C. Fleming, William H. Clark, Richard L. Marsh, Thomas J. Roberts. Journal of Biomechanics

When fascicles shorten, some points in a muscle actually get farther apart. Download the paper.

MRI SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS FOR PERMANENT MAGNET IMPLANTS IN MUSCLE

Cameron R. Taylor, Eric D. Anttila, Steven J. Charlebois, David C. Gross, Amanda F. Taylor, Jose O. Negron-Garcia, Christopher E. Suckow, L. Tiffany Lyle, Scott R. Hooten, Seong Ho Yeon, Christopher C. Shallal, Hugh M. Herr. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Patients with the magnetic implants that were tested in this study can safely receive MR imaging up to 1.5 T. Download the paper.

2025

METAMORPHIC FLEXURE BEARINGS FOR EXTENDED RANGE OF MOTION

Cameron R. Taylor, Will Flanagan, Talmage H. Jones, He Kai Lim, Jonathan B. Hopkins, Tyler R. Clites. ASME Journal of Mechanical Design

Metamorphic flexure bearings extend compliant mechanism benefits with a conventional bearing range of motion. Download the paper.

DESIGN OF A CONTROLLABLE AXIAL-FLUX HALBACH ARRAY FOR MAGNETIC SUSPENSION TASKS

Will Flanagan, He Kai Lim, Cameron R. Taylor, Tyler R. Clites. IEEE Access

Rotating one one-sided magnetic ring inside another allows you to control the amount of magnetic force you exert from a distance. Download the paper.

DISCRETE APPROXIMATION OF PERMANENT MAGNET ARRAYS FOR MECHATRONIC APPLICATIONS

He Kai Lim, Will Flanagan, Cameron R. Taylor, Tyler R. Clites. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

You can now build custom magnetic fields like you're building with LEGOs. Download the paper.

2024

MECHANONEURAL INTERFACES FOR BIONIC INTEGRATION

Tony Shu, Guillermo Herrera-Arcos, Cameron R. Taylor, Hugh M. Herr. Nature Reviews Bioengineering

Surgical engineering enables us to provide improved interfaces to the human body. Download the paper.

2023

NON-PYROGENICITY AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF PARYLENE-COATED MAGNETIC BEAD IMPLANTS

Cameron R. Taylor, Joshua K. Nott, Nilmini H. Ratnasena, Joel M. Cohen, Hugh M. Herr. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

When rigorously manufactured, magnetic bead implants are fully biocompatible for implantation in humans. Download the paper.

2022

CLINICAL VIABILITY OF MAGNETIC BEAD IMPLANTS IN MUSCLE

Cameron R. Taylor†, William H. Clark†, Ellen G. Clarrissimeaux, Seong Ho Yeon, Matthew J. Carty, Stuart R. Lipsitz, Roderick T. Bronson, Thomas J. Roberts, Hugh M. Herr. Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology

When rigorously manufactured, magnetic bead implants can be safely used as muscle tracking markers in humans. Download the paper.

UNTETHERED MUSCLE TRACKING USING MAGNETOMICROMETRY

Cameron R. Taylor†, Seong Ho Yeon†, William H. Clark, Ellen G. Clarrissimeaux, Mary Kate O'Donnell, Thomas J. Roberts, Hugh M. Herr. Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology

Magnetomicrometry enables untethered muscle tissue length tracking in freely-moving animals. Download the paper.

2021

MAGNETOMICROMETRY

Cameron R. Taylor, Shriya S. Srinivasan, Seong Ho Yeon, Mary Kate O'Donnell, Thomas J. Roberts, and Hugh M. Herr. Science Robotics

Magnetic beads can be used for real-time minimally-invasive muscle tissue length tracking. Download the paper.

2020

ATHACK: CO-DESIGN AND EDUCATION IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Jaya Narain, Ishwarya Ananthabhotla, Samuel Mendez, Cameron R. Taylor, Hosea Siu, Lora Brugnaro, Adriana Mallozzi. Extended Abstracts Of The 2020 CHI Conference On Human Factors In Computing Systems

Assistive technology hackathons provide a powerful educational and service experience for engineering students. Download the paper.

2019

LOW-LATENCY TRACKING OF MULTIPLE PERMANENT MAGNETS

Cameron R. Taylor, Haley G. Abramson, Hugh M. Herr. IEEE Sensors Journal

Magnets can be tracked at high speed by using common subexpression elimination to calculate the optimization gradient. Download the paper.

2017

ON PROSTHETIC CONTROL: A REGENERATIVE AGONIST-ANTAGONIST MYONEURAL INTERFACE

Shriya S. Srinivasan, Matthew J. Carty, Peter W. Calvaresi, Tyler R. Clites, Benjamin E. Maimon, Cameron R. Taylor, Anthony N. Zorzos, Hugh M. Herr. Science Robotics

Surgical attachment of the agonist and antagonist muscles after amputation restores proprioceptive feedback. Download the paper.

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