The USC Viterbi professor is recognized for “contributions to human-robot interaction and socially assistive robotics.”
The professor emeritus helped launch many of the engineering school’s most noteworthy departments and initiatives.
COMMENCEMENT: Henry Adam was too curious to specialize early on. By allowing his interests to roam, he managed to achieve more than many goal-oriented engineers.
USC joins six other top research schools and NASA to teach doglike robots to navigate craters and other challenging surfaces.
USC researchers have created a low-cost learning kit to help high school and college students build and customize their own small robot.
A new robotic tool developed by a team of experts in computer science and biokinesiology could help stroke survivors more accurately track their recovery progress.
Somil Bansal and Feifei Qian share some commonalities in their work, which has earned them national recognition.
COMMENCEMENT: Chris Birmingham was inspired by his own health crisis.
People automatically understand the steps in some processes. (Raking leaves? Get a trash can.) Two Trojans explain why robots need the same skills they’re going to be truly collaborative helpers.
A robotic dog is a paws-itively worthy successor to George Tirebiter.
