Alon
Wolf

BIO

Wolf holds all his academic qualifications at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Technion I.I.T. In 2002, Dr. Wolf joined the Robotics Institute of Carnegie Mellon University as a researcher at the Biomedical Robotics Lab.

He also held the position of researcher at the Institute of Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (ICAOS) at the Hospital of Western Pennsylvania and was an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In March 2006, Dr. Wolf joined the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Technion, where he founded and became director of the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab (BRML).

The purpose of the work carried out in BRML provides the framework for fundamental theories in the biomechanics of kinematics and in the design of mechanisms, with applications in biomechanics, medical robotics and biorobotics. Dr. Wolf’s career in medical robotics began with his PhD, work, which focused on the kinematics of the parallel mechanism and how they could help surgeons during spinal operations (resulting in the SpineAssist system).

Dr. Wolf then expanded these ideas to develop a haptic-controlled robotic system with controlled bone attack (MBARS) for bone surface scanning and to help orthopedic surgeons prepare the bone surface to insert knee prostheses. Dr. Wolf’s collaboration with Howie Choset has led to the creation of numerous snake-shaped robotic devices for applications ranging from urban research to medical rescue (HARP). Dr. Wolf’s current work focuses on gait analysis, virtual reality rehabilitation and biomechanical modeling. He has many articles published in prestigious magazines in kinematics, robotics and biomechanics, and has won the best paper awards in robotics.

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