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Hugh Herr

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
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Area of research
Biomedical Engineering · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
Research interests include Medicine, Computer science, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Amputation, Ankle, and Prosthesis.
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3,168
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38
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Recent publications

Tissue-integrated bionic knee restores versatile legged movement after amputation
Science 2025cited by 12position: lastdoi
Continuous neural control of a bionic limb restores biomimetic gait after amputation
Nature Medicine 2024cited by 57position: lastdoi
Mechanoneural interfaces for bionic integration
Nature Reviews Bioengineering 2024cited by 34position: lastdoi
Closed-loop optogenetic neuromodulation enables high-fidelity fatigue-resistant muscle control
Science Robotics 2024cited by 18position: lastdoi
Modulation of Prosthetic Ankle Plantarflexion Through Direct Myoelectric Control of a Subject-Optimized Neuromuscular Model
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2022cited by 17position: lastdoi
Design and Preliminary Results of a Reaction Force Series Elastic Actuator for Bionic Knee and Ankle Prostheses
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 2021cited by 58position: lastdoi
Acquisition of Surface EMG Using Flexible and Low-Profile Electrodes for Lower Extremity Neuroprosthetic Control
IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics 2021cited by 28position: lastdoi
The Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface
Hand Clinics 2021cited by 18position: lastdoi
Restoration of bilateral motor coordination from preserved agonist-antagonist coupling in amputation musculature
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2021cited by 12position: lastdoi
Correction to: Restoration of bilateral motor coordination from preserved agonist-antagonist coupling in amputation musculature
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2021cited by 0position: lastdoi
A Review of the Relationship Between Diabetes and Diabetic Amputations in the United States: An Expensive, Chronic but Preventable Condition
2021cited by 0position: middledoi
Reinventing Extremity Amputation in the Era of Functional Limb Restoration
Annals of Surgery 2020cited by 59position: firstdoi
Agonist-antagonist myoneural interface amputation preserves proprioceptive sensorimotor neurophysiology in lower limbs
Science Translational Medicine 2020cited by 54position: lastdoi
An Ankle-Foot Prosthesis for Rock Climbing Augmentation
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2020cited by 40position: lastdoi
Pressure based MRI-compatible muscle fascicle length and joint angle estimation
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2020cited by 6position: lastdoi
A Framework for Measuring the Time-Varying Shape and Full-Field Deformation of Residual Limbs Using 3-D Digital Image Correlation
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2019cited by 66position: lastdoi
Low-Latency Tracking of Multiple Permanent Magnets
IEEE Sensors Journal 2019cited by 65position: lastdoi
Proprioception from a neurally controlled lower-extremity prosthesis
Science Translational Medicine 2018cited by 237position: lastdoi
MultiDIC: An Open-Source Toolbox for Multi-View 3D Digital Image Correlation
IEEE Access 2018cited by 221position: lastdoi
Optogenetic Peripheral Nerve Immunogenicity
Scientific Reports 2018cited by 80position: lastdoi
The Ewing Amputation: The First Human Implementation of the Agonist-Antagonist Myoneural Interface
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2018cited by 78position: middledoi
Closed-loop functional optogenetic stimulation
Nature Communications 2018cited by 67position: lastdoi
On prosthetic control: A regenerative agonist-antagonist myoneural interface
Science Robotics 2017cited by 87position: lastdoi
Translational Motion Tracking of Leg Joints for Enhanced Prediction of Walking Tasks
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2017cited by 67position: lastdoi
Abstract P25: A Caprine Model of a Novel Amputation Paradigm for Bi-directional Neural Control of a Bionic Limb
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open 2017cited by 1position: lastdoi
Biomechanical walking mechanisms underlying the metabolic reduction caused by an autonomous exoskeleton
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2016cited by 240position: lastdoi
Multi-material 3-D viscoelastic model of a transtibial residuum from in-vivo indentation and MRI data
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials/Journal of mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 2016cited by 69position: lastdoi
Low-cost methodology for skin strain measurement of a flexed biological limb
2016cited by 3position: lastdoi
Autonomous exoskeleton reduces metabolic cost of human walking during load carriage
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2014cited by 468position: lastdoi
Clutchable series-elastic actuator: Implications for prosthetic knee design
The International Journal of Robotics Research 2014cited by 241position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Matthew J. Carty · Brigham and Women's Hospital8 papers (2017–2025)Tony Shu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2021–2025)Shriya S. Srinivasan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology8 papers (2017–2020)Hyungeun Song · Massachusetts Institute of Technology7 papers (2018–2024)Tyler R. Clites · University of California, Los Angeles6 papers (2017–2020)Seong Ho Yeon · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2020–2025)Matthew Carney · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2018–2025)Luke M. Mooney · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2013–2018) · 4 papers (2021–2025)Samantha Gutierrez-Arango · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2020–2024)Kevin M. Moerman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2016–2019)Cameron R. Taylor · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2017–2024)Elliott J. Rouse · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2013–2014)Dana Solav · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2020)Tsung‐Han Hsieh · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2021–2024)Benjamin E. Maimon · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2017–2018)Erica Israel · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2020–2024)Aaron M. Jaeger · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2021)Gabriel Friedman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2024–2025)Emily Rogers · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2020–2021)
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