果冻传媒麻豆社

• Rehabilitation Robotics 
• Wearable Exoskeletons
• Human Robot Interaction and Control
• Neurorehabilitation
• Control of Harmonic Drive Actuators
• Dynamic systems modeling and control

Christopher Bitikofer is an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the 果冻传媒麻豆社. Bitikofer received his bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Idaho State University is 2016, and Masters and Doctorate in mechanical Engineering from the 果冻传媒麻豆社 is 2018 and 2023. He spent a year as a post-doc at the 果冻传媒麻豆社 prior to joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2024.

Bitikofer’s areas of research interest are focused on the design and control schemes for novel wearable rehabilitation robotics systems and devices for assisting in the neurorehabilitation, portable devices for assisting with disability and rehabilitation outside of clinical settings and enabling rural patient care. He is also interested in application of advanced machine learning and simulation tools to investigate and optimize human robot interaction. He currently teaches undergraduate courses in computer-aided design, mechanical engineering measurement systems, dynamics systems modeling and modeling and control of robotic systems. 

Journal Papers:

• C. K. Bitikofer, S. Rueda Parra. R. Maura, E. T. Wolbrecht, J. C, Perry, BLUE SABINO: Development of a BiLateral Upper-Limb Exoskeleton for Simultaneous Assessment of Biomechanical and Neuromuscular Output. Machines 2024, 12, 617. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines12090617 

Book Chapters:

• J. C. Perry, C. K. Bitikofer, P. W. Hill, S. T. Trimble, and E. T. Wolbrecht, “Chapter 6 - PRISM: Development of a 2-DOF Dual-Four-Bar Exoskeleton Shoulder Mechanism to Support Elevation, Depression, Protraction, and Retraction,” in Wearable Robotics, J. Rosen and P. W. Ferguson, Eds., Academic Press, 2020, pp. 105–132. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814659-0.00006-0.

Conference Proceedings:

• C. K. Bitikofer, E. T. Wolbrecht, R. M. Maura, and J. C. Perry, “Comparison of Admittance Control Dynamic Models for Transparent Free-Motion Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Int Conf Rehabil Robot, vol. 2023, pp. 1–6, Sep. 2023, doi: 10.1109/icorr58425.2023.10304709.
• P. W. Hill, C. K. Bitikofer, S. T. Trimble, E. T. Wolbrecht, and J. C. Perry, “PANDORA: Design of a 2-DOF Scapulohumeral Exoskeleton Device to Support Translation of the Glenohumeral Joint,” in Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III, L. Masia, S. Micera, M. Akay, and J. L. Pons, Eds., in Biosystems & Biorobotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 488–492. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_98.
• J. C. Perry, R. Maura, C. K. Bitikofer, and E. T. Wolbrecht, “BLUE SABINO: Development of a Bilateral Exoskeleton Instrument for Comprehensive Upper-Extremity Neuromuscular Assessment,” in Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III, L. Masia, S. Micera, M. Akay, and J. L. Pons, Eds., in Biosystems & Biorobotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 493–497. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_99.
• C. K. Bitikofer, P. W. Hill, E. T. Wolbrecht, and J. C. Perry, “Analysis of Shoulder Displacement During Activities of Daily Living and Implications on Design of Exoskeleton Robotics for Assessment,” in Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation III, L. Masia, S. Micera, M. Akay, and J. L. Pons, Eds., in Biosystems & Biorobotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 478–482. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_96.
• T. S. Hansen, C. K. Bitikofer, B. E. Sobbi, and J. C. Perry, “Design of MobIle Digit Assistive System (MIDAS): A Passive Hand Extension Exoskeleton for Post Stroke Rehabilitation,” in Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends, M. C. Carrozza, S. Micera, and J. L. Pons, Eds., in Biosystems & Biorobotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019, pp. 535–539. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_104.
• C. K. Bitikofer, E. T. Wolbrecht, and J. C. Perry, “Mapping ADL Motion Capture Data to BLUE SABINO Exoskeleton Kinematics and Dynamics,” in 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Honolulu, HI: IEEE, Jul. 2018, pp. 4914–4919. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8513164.
• C. K. Bitikofer, M. P. Schoen, J. Li, and F. Lin, “Characteristic Moore-Greitzer model parameter identification for a one-stage axial compressor system,” in 2017 American Control Conference (ACC), May 2017, pp. 164–169. doi: 10.23919/ACC.2017.7962948.