Designing Humanity Centered Robots: Fall 2014 - Beastiebot Presentations

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Channel: Brown University · 2015 · Education

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This is a new course offered by Brown's Computer Science department under the auspices of the Humanity Centered Robotics Initiative. It is focused on the iterative design process and how it can be used to develop robots for solving tasks that help people. It will expose students to a suite of fabrication and prototyping technologies sufficient for creating a functioning robotic system. 
     The class studied, designed, and created telepresence robots for use in the context of helping the elderly live more independently.

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