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“𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲”
🎧 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲: buff.ly/k84B1Yo
@umich.edu @abilitylab.bsky.social @opensourceleg.bsky.social @rai-institute.bsky.social #GoogleX #HumotechPodcast #Season3 #WearableRobotics #OpenSourceLeg #RehabTech
🗓 Monday · April 13
🕒 3–4 PM EST
Add the meeting to your calendar:
myumi.ch/w9nEG
Or join us directly via Google Meet:
meet.google.com/tvo-cexo-vvq
If you’d like your question included, you can post it in the community forum thread ahead of time — we’ll address as many as we can:
opensourceleg.discourse.group/t/april-comm...
We’re opening another one of our team meetings to the community.
Join us for our bi‑weekly Open-Source Leg project update meeting. We’ll share the current state of the project, ongoing priorities, and what’s ahead. This session will also include an open Q&A at the end.
Add the meeting to your calendar:
myumi.ch/w9nEG
Or join us March 2nd directly via Google Meet:
meet.google.com/mfb-tkoo-yga
Join us for our bi-weekly Open-Source Leg project update meeting. We’ll share the current state of the project, ongoing priorities, and what’s ahead. Community members are welcome to observe or provide feedback.
🗓 Monday · March 2
🕒 3–4 PM EST
Project Update: We’ve transitioned the OSL forum to Discourse.
The same community, now with a clearer structure, searchable archives, and a scalable space for global collaboration.
Join us in the new forum → myumi.ch/G2DA4
The goal: evaluate how passive adaptability and active joint-level control combine to improve terrain handling, reduce compensatory movement, and support more natural walking in outdoor environments.
At the University of Michigan, the team is testing how the Open-Source Leg performs when paired with SoftFoot—a compliant, passive prosthetic foot developed by the Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation lab at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT).
The Open Healthware Conference @oshwassociation.bsky.social started today and there’s still time to join virtually.
At 1:20 PM EST, our community and marketing manager will share how lessons from the Open‑Source Leg are helping shape sustainable, community‑driven open‑source.
All tickets are free for the Open Healthware Conference.
Join us in person or stream the sessions live.
Register : myumi.ch/E8yeJ
Learn more: myumi.ch/bVr89
The OSL team will be at the @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Healthware Conference in New York City on August 1-2.
Kiara Vasquez , our community manager, will present how OSL serves as a case study for building sustainable, open‑source healthware that connects research labs and communities.
You don’t need a lab to get started.
The Open-Source Leg is fully documented, Python-native, and open to anyone curious enough to build.
See what’s possible: myumi.ch/JPEkG
The Open-Source Leg was built for reproducibility, comparison, and collaboration across labs, students, and experiments.
Explore what’s possible: myumi.ch/n1r49
We’re collecting community projects to feature and share.
If you’ve built, tested, or explored something with the Open-Source Leg let us know.
Submit your project: myumi.ch/3RM3w
Prosthetics research shouldn't be hard to access.
This is what building a prosthetic leg looks like today.
#lowerlimb #Prosthetics #Robotics #Biomechanics #OpenHardware #FutureOfMobility #DIYRobotics #OpenSourceLeg #umich #ResearchCommunity #Python #NSFfunded
Welcome our new customers all the way from Italy!
We’re thrilled to welcome Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II to the #Humotech community! The team recently purchased an @opensourceleg.bsky.social for their cutting-edge research in #WearableRobotics.
We’re looking forward to visiting Naples at the end of June! Stay tuned for updates. 🌍
Manual configuration slows down progress. Robot CI standardizes the process and creates environments that are reproducible, efficient, and easy to maintain.
Access the repository and get started: myumi.ch/E88Gr
Key capabilities:
• Version-controlled builds using GitHub Actions
• Pre-installed drivers, packages, and services
• Automatic Wi-Fi configuration with email-based IP delivery
• Scalable image generation for research, classrooms, and development teams
Robot CI is an open-source tool that automates the setup, testing, and deployment of custom Raspberry Pi operating systems.
Whether you are teaching a university lab, or running experiments across multiple boards, Robot CI ensures every system begins with the same reliable foundation.
Your Raspberry Pi environment should work with you. Every time. On every device.
We’re here to build a platform together. If you missed us in Chicago, you can still explore, contribute, and join the conversation at opensourceleg.org
At the same time, Elliott Rouse delivered a keynote drawing parallels between the early internet and the future of wearable robotics, underscoring the need for shared infrastructure, transparent systems, and community-driven innovation.
On stage, Senthur Ayyappan assembled the Open-Source Leg live in under 30 minutes, demonstrating that the OSL can be built, shared, and improved by anyone.
The internet wasn’t built in a day. Neither is the future of prosthetics.
At RehabWeek 2025, we witnessed what’s possible when open-source hardware meets open collaboration.
If you're attending RehabWeek, we invite you to connect with us. Let's discuss how open-source platforms like the OSL can contribute to the future of rehabilitation robotics.
Earlier this week, Senthur Ayyappan joined panelists Ashish Deshpande, Marcia O’Malley, and Aaron Young to talk about Open-Source Hardware within rehabilitation. And on Friday, Elliott Rouse will deliver a keynote you won't want to miss!
This week, we’re at RehabWeek 2025!
To join and shape conversations around open hardware, shared systems, and what it means to democratize robotics research.
