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Yesterday, our research group took a break from experiments and papers to celebrate the season together at the beautiful Erlangen Christmas Market. It was a wonderful opportunity to relax, enjoy some mulled wine (Glühwein!), delicious treats, and good company as we wrapped up the year. We’d like ...

We're delighted to share that Prof. Dr. Alessandro Del Vecchio, the head of our N-squared Lab at FAU, has secured a significant 1.6 million euros in funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for his exciting Emmy Noether project, DeMOTUS! What's DeMOTUS all about? Prof. Del Vecchio and hi...

We were very excited to have the opportunity to present GraspAgain to our Federal President Steinmeier, who visited our laboratory on Tuesday, November 7th.

We congratulate Vlad Cnejevici on completing his master's thesis titled "Comparative Analysis and Optimization of AI models for Hand Movement Estimation using HD-sEMG"! Estimating the hand position reliably from surface Electromyography signals is of utmost importance to any prosthesis or exoskel...

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded 1.5 million Euros through the ERC Starting Grant for our research project GraspAgain. 

We were delighted to host Prof. Demetris Soteropoulos from Newcastle University during his visit to our lab from the 16th of July to the 22nd of July. Prof. Soteropoulos is an expert in the bilateral organization of the motor system and the coordination of spinal circuits for voluntary movements....

Congratulations to Maria Tischer on the successful completion of her Bachelor's Thesis titled "EMGSuite - Framework Foundation for EMG driven bionic limb prosthesis"! Maria's thesis focused on optimizing motor activations for an anthropomorphic bionic finger, aiming to replicate the movement of a...

We, the N-squared Lab, in collaboration with FAPS and Noxon GmbH, have won a total of €1.3 million in grants for two innovative projects aimed at helping people with hand paralysis due to stroke or spinal cord injury.  The Medical Valley Award was granted to our team for the project "GraspAgain,"...

Congratulations to Niklas Pollak for successfully completing his Bachelor's Thesis in collaboration with the Chair of Computer Science 3 - Computer Architecture on the topic of "Optimization and Evaluation of a Neural Network on a Heterogeneous Embedded Computer Architecture for Use in Neuromuscular...

Congratulations to Patricia Bayer on completing her Master's Thesis on the topic of the "Motor Unit Behavior in Spinal Cord Injury - Analysis of spared neural activity and training effects on hand muscles"! In her master’s thesis, Patricia analyzed high-density surface EMG data from spinal cord i...