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Thursday, February
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The Third Arm
Project
J. Kenneth Salisbury, Jr.,
PhD
Stanford Professor of Computer Science
(Emeritus) |
Abstract: A few years ago the
Salisbury
Robotics Lab in Stanford's AI Lab studied the design and application
of wearable robotic devices. Our initial aspirations were to build a
sophisticated motorized device that was programmable and which would be a
platform for machine learning research in human-robot interaction (HRI). While
we never reached this lofty goal we did realize that there might be some
low-hanging fruit applications that could exploit inexpensive 3-D printed arms
with manually actuated brakes and a variety of end-effectors. We built many
prototypes and investigated applications in logistics, fulfillment centers,
construction, daily activities, and other domains. Though the arms were not yet
a commercial success, we feel that there are potential assistive and other
applications yet to be discovered. Several of the arms will be demonstrated at
the presentation and are available for student experimentation.
Biosketch: J. Kenneth
Salisbury, Jr., PhD is an Emeritus Professor at Stanford jointly appointed
in Computer Science and Clinical Anatomy. His degrees in EE and ME are from
Stanford. He is a prolific inventor who has made fundamental contributions in
robot hand and arm design and control, as well as in personal robotics,
haptics, and medical robotics. He has over 50 patents in these
fields.
- Contact
information:
- Kenneth
Salisbury
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture slides - 2.41 Mb pdf file
- Links:
- John Kenneth
Salisbury Jr. Wikipedia entry
- Computer Science
Bibliography
- Google
Scholar
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