# Website of the Healthcare Biorobotics Lab

**Source**: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/hbl
**Parent**: https://eng.ox.ac.uk/our-research

## Healthcare Biorobotics Lab

(HBL)

We develop soft and wearable robots to enhance people's health.

We explore AI algorithms and data-driven solutions to guide the design, control, and modelling of robots, aiming to prevent injuries, assist rehabilitation, and enhance performance.

Our ambition is to bridge the gap between early-stage biorobotic technology and practical healthcare applications by leveraging the essential qualities of biocompatibility and biomimicry.

Our philosophy is to fuse design thinking and engineering methods to address real-world problems, with a strong emphasis on usability, sustainability, and viability.

In association with The Podium Institute for Sports Medicine and Technology, the lab has a keen interest in developing innovative AI and wearable robotics technologies to monitor, prevent, and predict movement-related injuries in sports.

## Research areas

[Soft Robotics](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/hbl/soft-robotics "Soft Robotics")

[Wearable robotics and exoskeleton](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/hbl/wearable-robotics-and-exoskeleton "Wearable robotics and exoskeleton")

[VR/AR, haptics and motor learning](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/hbl/vrar-haptics-and-motor-learning "VR/AR, haptics and motor learning")

[Generative AI for medical training/ patient care](https://eng.ox.ac.uk/hbl/generative-ai-for-medical-trainingpatient-care "Generative AI for medical training/patient care")