The Sarcos Robot

Benjamin Stephens is a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently working on the control of humanoid robot balance and push recovery for force-controlled robots. Using his knowledge and experience, he hopes to make legged/humanoid robots more capable of operating in rough and uncertain environments and interacting closely with humans and other robots. He began work at Boston Dynamics in June 2011.

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RoboGames 2012

Video from the 2012 RoboGames at San Mateo Fair Grounds. Read more to watch more!

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2012 VEX Robotics World Championship

On April 19-21, more than 10,000 participants comprised of the world’s brightest middle school, high school and university students and team mentors from nearly 20 countries around the globe  will compete in three-days of intense back-to-back robotic mash-ups at the 2012 VEX Robotics World Championship. More than just an exercise in programming and driving robots, these kids turn robotics into an engaging hands-on sport that is riveting to watch. Through robotics, these students are being shaped into tomorrow's visionaries who will create the next big improvements in technology.

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Medicine Meets Virtual Reality

Bryan Bergeron
May 2012

I’m just back from the annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference (www.nextmed.com) in Newport Beach, CA. The topics discussed and demonstrated by engineers, students, military, and physicians ranged from mechatronics and sensors, to wearable electronics and biomedical simulation. There’s nothing like cross-fertilization with specialists from different fields to get the ideas flowing. In addition to conferences such as MMVR, there are pockets of focused activity in academia, the government, military, and industry. For example, take a look at the US Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) site at www.tatrc.org. Not only is TATRC a showcase for advanced technologies — such as the use of embedded systems in healthcare — but the organization is also a source of funding and information.

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