Jared Dube

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Jared Dube is a rising researcher at the forefront of pediatric soft robotics, specializing in the development of wearable assistive technologies for infants with motor impairments. His work uniquely bridges soft pneumatic actuation and closed-loop control to create gentle, adaptive devices that support upper extremity movement in early childhood. Dube’s most cited paper, “Closed-loop Position Control of a Pediatric Soft Robotic Wearable Device for Upper Extremity Assistance” (2022, 13 citations), introduces a novel system that uses proprioceptive feedback to control a pneumatically-actuated exosuit, combining textile-based and silicone-casted actuators for precise, two-degree-of-freedom assistance during reaching tasks. This foundational work demonstrates how soft robotics can be safely scaled for infant populations, a critical step toward early intervention therapies. His subsequent study, “Evaluation of fabric-based pneumatic actuator enclosure and anchoring configurations in a pediatric soft robotic exosuit” (2024, 8 citations), further refines the design by systematically testing enclosure and anchoring setups to optimize performance and comfort. Together, these contributions establish Dube as a key innovator in pediatric exosuit design, with his research laying the groundwork for future clinical applications that could transform motor rehabilitation for children from infancy onward.