Welcome To SiBORG Design Lab

SImulation BiOmechanics Robotics and computer Graphics

Siborg Design Lab

Computational Human Centered Design

Who We Are

We are a diverse interdisciplinary group of researchers, designers, and developers

What We Do

We study computational methods for improving design processes and human simulation

Our Goal

To improve accessibility and human experience in the built environment

Meet The Team

Liquid crystal shells: ‘Smart’ material enables novel applications in autonomous driving and robotics

Liquid Crystal shells, only fractions of a millimeter in size so they can easily be applied to surfaces, have several unique properties that could be utilized in engineering: As they reflect light highly selectively, they can be arranged into patterns that are readable for machines, akin to a QR code, adding coded information to objects.

Mechanics & Electronics

As computation becomes more accessible, both in cost and in size, the everyday products we encounter have the potential to become more independent and provide alternative services than their main function. In this class, the basics and fundamentals of how these products work are covered in a bottom up approach. This means rather than focus on designing a 'smart chair,' the class will go over the basics of how electrical circuits work, how various sensors work, and how the mechanics aspects of a moving chair could work.

Sculptural Motion

Sculptural Motion was a year long project that dealt with technology, sculpture, dance, and martial arts.

EEG Navigation in Virtual Reality

Research EEG Navigation in Virtual Reality Authorcadop This project is a demonstration of using the emotiv Epoc wireless EEG device as a navigation system for virtual reality. The work was done during employment at the University of Michigan 3D Lab...

Dezeen Feature: Mathew Schwartz creates X-ray images of flowers using a micro-CT scanner

X-ray images of flowers by researcher and designer Mathew Schwartz form the identity of this year's Dezeen Awards. Schwartz, an assistant professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, used a micro-CT scanner to create the images of blooms including miniature orchids, lilies and tulips.

Core 77 Finalist

TOCABI stands for Torque-controlled CompliAnt BIped. It is 1.8 meters, 100KG and 33 degrees of freedom. The torque-control and compliance algorithms controlling the robot help make human-robot interaction safer by limiting the energy put into the motors to only what is required for the expected tasks.