This forum is a place for people who care about the Open-Source Leg ecosystem to connect, learn, and collaborate.
Taking a few minutes to introduce yourself makes a big difference. It helps others recognize where your expertise or curiosity lies, and it often sparks collaborations, new ideas, or even friendships.
In your introduction, you might share:
Who you are and your background (student, researcher, engineer, clinician, etc.)
What brings you to the Open-Source Leg project
What you’re working on or hoping to learn
Any links you’d like to share (LinkedIn, personal site, GitHub, lab page, etc.)
Something fun about yourself — hobbies, interests, or a story that others might connect with
Every introduction adds more energy and perspective to this space. The more we know about each other, the easier it is to support your goals and find ways to collaborate.
My name is Fahim. Iam junior at EMU. I love programming and I’m an above knee amputee myself. Im here to find a way to contribute to the project. You can connect with me on LinkedIn.
Hola hola! I’m Kiara Vasquez, and I support the Open-Source Leg project through community development and marketing.
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If you’ve been working on a project that was inspired by or built on top of the OSL, I’d love to hear from you, or feel free to share your updates here on Discourse!
Right now, I’m working on our upcoming community newsletter (coming soon!) and exploring how to make the OSL more visible through places like Wikipedia and public documentation.
A little about me: I studied media production (film, video games, storytelling) at UT Austin and have always been passionate about creating bridges between fields and people. I’m excited to connect and help this space grow.
Hello! My name is Collin, and I’m a graduate researcher at Brigham Young University in Utah. My master’s thesis is focused on improving prosthetic leg design by adding compliance to common components. Here’s my LinkedIn if you’d like to connect!
Hi everyone, my name is Tanuj Ranjith. I’m a junior in high school, and I joined the Open-Source Leg project because I want to learn how the project works and explore different ways I can contribute with the community. I’m excited to work with the team and community to better understand how big teams operate and to collaborate on something meaningful.
As of now, I am working on projects like NoteFlow which is a website I made as a privacy focused alternative for notion, in the past ive worked on projects using ML classification models like a project on Forest Cover Classification which was to classify the types of forest cover types, and another project I did as part of the Stanford Pre-Collegiate ML project wher I predicted incomes over $50K using the Adult dataset with preprocessing and various tuned models.
A little about me: I enjoy playing badminton, cooking, and one of my main activities is robotics. I’ve been involved in VEX robotics for the past seven years, and it’s something I truly enjoy.
I am Dr Osama Mansoor (Medical doctor, not PhD). I am an engineering enthusiast since childhood and worked on different projects during high school and medical school. I developed a Smart bionic arm as a hobby during my medical degree. You can check its demo video on the following Google Drive link: Bionic Arm - Google Drive
Right now, I am looking for a PhD where I can work on projects that use mechatronics to help people.
I’m Malebo, currently developing the Open Source Leg (OSL) project. My immediate focus is on the foot sensor module, exploring electron transport physics and magnetic transduction to capture gait intent and load distribution in real time. Mainly because of present involvements with the physics of nanomaterials.
Alongside the technical side, I’m also thinking a lot about design axes for biosensors (form factor, signal type, power source, transduction mechanism, location) and how open hardware can accelerate accessibility. Graphene is the main material being considered for most sensing parts, it offers whats potentially the next future as far as sensors are concerned
I’m excited to connect with others working on prosthetics, open-source hardware, materials, or biomedical sensing — and to learn how this group envisions advancing open-source prosthetics as a collective.
Looking forward to contributing, sharing progress, and exchanging ideas.
Hello Everyone! Josh Caputo here, Founder & CEO of Humotech. We proudly supply a commercial version of the OSL (kit of parts you can assemble yourselves OR a fully assembled leg with support services). You’ll probably see me, Carl Curran, and or Troy Bradbury from our team around on the forum. Please feel free to hit us up! Open Source Leg - Humotech
Hello! My name is Morgan, and I am a graduate student at Purdue Fort Wayne. I am doing my thesis on the open-source leg by improving the gait cycle and fluidity of movement by integrating a machine learning model into the motor controllers. My LinkedIn is https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-hissim/. A fun fact about myself is that I am a muay thai fighter and I compete in powerlifting.
Howdy, my name is Zachary Bucknor-Smartt. I am a PhD student under Dr. Gray Thomas working on trajectory optimization for multi-contact robots. I have side thrusts of research in exoskeleton control and prostheses that has lead to my invitation here. In our lab we have an OSL that we are testing new estimators and controllers on as well as hardware improvements. In my free time I like to read and train MMA. I also love hiking. You can find my personal site below.
Hi, everyone. I’m Nathan Shimabukuro. I am a Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist based out in Spokane, WA. I’m interested in OSL and all thing open source, especially when it comes to O&P. I’m hoping to learn how to learn how to program and create an OSL myself and find the right application for it. Here is my LinkedIn with more of my background. I’m a runner and love participating in road races, trail races, marathons, etc. all throughout the PNW. Looking forward to being a part of this community!
Hi, Everyone! I’m Edgar Bolívar, Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame. Our lab and collaborators are working to create compliant versions of the leg and model predictive controllers. The Open-Source Leg project was the way to go for our lab to alleviate the burden of designing a powered prostheses from scratch. The OSL was one of my biggest companions during COVID times. It is amazing to see how the project has evolved to create this healthy community. Let’s go OSL!
