Laetitia Baud

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Laetitia Baud is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of neurorobotics and rehabilitation engineering, whose work focuses on developing advanced robotic interfaces for locomotor recovery in animal models. Her major contributions lie in creating soft, compliant exoskeletons and neurorobotic platforms that provide programmable, real-time therapeutic assistance to rodents with neurological disorders. Baud’s 2016 paper on a rehabilitative soft exoskeleton for rodents (20 citations) introduced a novel prototype capable of delivering consistent, controllable gait manipulation, demonstrating its potential for translational research in human rehabilitation. Her companion study on a neurorobotic platform for locomotor prosthetic development (15 citations) further advanced the field by enabling finely-tuned, multidirectional trunk assistance during unconstrained locomotion in both rats and mice. This work is notable for bridging robotics and neuroscience, offering a powerful tool for studying motor control and developing next-generation prosthetics. Baud’s research has significant implications for understanding neural recovery mechanisms and designing more effective rehabilitation technologies, positioning her as a key figure in the growing field of soft robotics for biomedical applications.