Hey there 👋
I'm Irfan Refai
Assistant Professor | Dad
In the not-so-distant future, we will merge ourselves with machines 🦾 that enhance our abilities.
As Homohybrids, we will overcome existing motor deficits or even perform superhuman tasks. This vision inspires me to
bridge the man-machine gap by developing wearable and accessible assistive technologies.
As a start, I focus on solutions for assisting occupational tasks and hope to extend these ideas for space exploration.
By day, I am an Assistant Professor at the Neuromuscular Robotics Chair at the University of Twente. Outside of work, my partner and I are navigating the joys (and challenges) of parenting. Watching our son figure out his environment is pretty much akin to a novice AI that improves with new data.
And when I can, I play Basketball 🏀.
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General Interests
- Human-machine Interfacing
- Wearable Exosuits
- Wearable Sensing
- Biomechanics
- Musculoskeletal Modelling
- Machine-Learning