Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A new research project led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Taylor Higgins will investigate the process of acquiring motor skills by studying how people learn to control a machine where balance and movement is constant and crucial — the unicycle.
The research has three major goals: to study how humans learn to balance and propel themselves on the unicycle; to compare human learning with machine learning; and to consolidate these findings into robotically assistive devices that accelerate the speed at which humans learn new movements.
A new research project led by FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Assistant Professor Taylor Higgins will investigate the process of acquiring motor skills by studying how people learn to control a machine where balance and movement is constant and crucial — the unicycle.
The research has three major goals: to study how humans learn to balance and propel themselves on the unicycle; to compare human learning with machine learning; and to consolidate these findings into robotically assistive devices that accelerate the speed at which humans learn new movements.
