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About
Henning Schmidt is a pioneering researcher in rehabilitation robotics, with a career focused on developing intelligent machines to restore motor function in patients recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal cord injury. Working primarily at Klinik Berlin and Charité University Hospital, Schmidt has been instrumental in designing and evaluating robotic systems for both upper and lower extremity rehabilitation, contributing to over a decade of groundbreaking clinical innovation in Berlin. His most celebrated contribution is the HapticWalker, a novel haptic foot device offering up to six degrees of freedom per foot, enabling programmable gait trajectories including floor walking and stair climbing simulations. This work, cited over 200 times, exemplifies his commitment to task-specific, repetitive motor training grounded in modern motor learning principles. His widely cited 2003 review on robotic rehabilitation devices (344 citations) remains a foundational reference in the field. Schmidt's research extends to perturbation synthesis for gait robots, muscle coordination analysis, and tele-rehabilitation concepts for home-based therapy. His sustained output across device design, clinical application, and neurological motor science has significantly shaped how rehabilitation robotics is understood and implemented globally, making him an indispensable figure for researchers entering this dynamic interdisciplinary field.
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- 2HapticWalker---a novel haptic foot device203 citations · 2005
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- 5Design of a robotic walking simulator for neurological rehabilitation29 citations · 2002
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- 9Synthesis of perturbations for gait rehabilitation robots23 citations · 2005
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