HRELab wins seed funding to develop assistive robot manipulator control platform

Last updated on Apr 16, 2026 1 min read

PI Hallock and Carson Wynn received a Research Incentive Seed Grant through the University of Utah Research Foundation to develop A Robotic Platform and Scaffolded Learning Method for High-Degree-Of-Freedom Assistive Device Control, the lab’s first funded grant!

Laura A. Hallock
Laura A. Hallock
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

My research interests include robotic assistance and rehabilitation, neuromusculoskeletal sensing, and human–robot control interfaces.