About the Lab

The HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering is directed by Prof. Tommaso Lenzi and is affiliated with the Utah Robotics Center and the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah. Our reserach is currently funded by the National Institutes of Health (R01), the National Science Foundation (CAREER, NRI 2.0, FRR), the Department of Defense (PRORP, DMDRP), and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH ERC).

Recent Publications

The Cost of Assistance: High Prosthetic Knee Torque Reduces Biological Joint Work But Induces Symmetry Tradeoffs in Knee Power and Center-of-Mass Velocity During Stair Ascent.
C Severe, L Gabert, G Hunt, G Stoddard, T Lenzi - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2026

Above-Knee Amputees’ Balance and Recovery Strategies After Mediolateral Perturbations from a Cable-Driven System. A Gunnell, O Winship, A Williams, R Murray, G Stoddard, L Gabert, T Lenzi. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2026.

A Semi-Active Ankle Prosthesis With Automatic Transitions Between Passive and Active Modes. V Subra Mani, C Buchanan, L Gabert, T Lenzi. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2026.