tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219173320 2007-04-18 21:09:59 -0400 MIT Video Productions Clinical trials have already shown that an MIT robotic arm can help stroke patients regain movement faster. Now MIT pioneers in the field of robotic therapy, Professor Neville Hogan and researcher Hermano "Igo" Krebs, are hoping a robotic gym full of machines targeted at different parts of the body will significantly improve stroke patients' movement in arms, wrists, hands, legs and ankles.This video produced by MIT Video Productions for the MIT News Office in 2005 documents MANUS, the MIT Robotic Rehabilitation Project and the recently developed Anklebot<br />. 304 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219151800 2008-01-22 15:46:52 -0500 MIT Video Productions During the last year we completed the development of a small, high-performance robotic gripper to be <br />used in brain-controlled grasping experiments. The 1 degree-of-freedom (dof) back-driveable gripper is <br />designed to be mounted on the end of a Phantom 3.0 (Sensable Technologies)--a 3 dof backdriveable <br />robot that is normally used as a haptic interface--and the combined 4 dof robotic manipulator (gripper + <br />Phantom) is intended for reaching and grasping experiments in which the robot is controlled by neural <br />signals from electrodes implanted in a monkey's brain. These experiments require a high performance <br />manipulator and our goal in the gripper development was to create a robotic end effector with <br />performance that is comparable to and compatible with the Phantom. 247 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219132500 2008-08-07 07:26:26 -0400 some videos to not <p>Anticipatory Perceptual Simulation is a cognitive architecture developed at the MIT Media Lab based on current neuro-psychological research in perception and memory. It is designed to allow a robotic teammate to practice a physical task with a human partner. As the practice progresses, the robot builds a model of the human's actions, and through "imagining" the perceptual stimuli that would arise from these actions, react faster and lead to a more efficient and fluent interaction. </p><p><a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~guy/publications/HoffmanAAAI08.pdf" target="_blank">Read more about this research</a>. </p> 215 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219111720 2008-01-22 15:48:19 -0500 MIT Video Productions The humble snail, trailed by its ribbon of slime, now has its first robotic counterpart in research at MIT that could lead to new forms of locomotion for machines. Assistant Professor Annette "Peko" Hosoi and her colleagues in the Mechanical Engineering Department — graduate student Brian Chan, undergrads Susan Ji and Catherine Koveal — demonstrate and explain their unique robotic research platform. The models, RoboSnails I and II, each consist of electronics aboard a rubber "foot" about six inches long by one inch wide. The robots glide over a thin film of "mucus," or silicon oil. The two were created to test mathematical simulations describing forms of snail locomotion. The research could give insights into common biological systems such as blood flow through a vein. Craig Milanesi, AMPS Video Production Manager, shot nature videos of woodland snails and large slugs for this news release produced by the MIT News Office. 199 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219089440 2008-08-07 07:09:14 -0400 some videos to not <p>AUR, the robotic desk lamp, was used in a unique human-robot stage performance. This video shows clips from the play and describes the hybrid control software used to puppeteer the robot.</p><p>Music: "The Rain Got Bounced" by <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/9813" target="_blank">TimeVibes </a></p> 165 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219070120 2008-08-07 06:37:00 -0400 some videos to not <p>This video shows AUR, a robotic desk lamp, autonomously assisting a user working in a desk environment. This is a follow-up to the previous <a target="_blank">concept video</a> demonstrating the functional vision for AUR. The robot uses a cognitive architecture capable of anticipatory perceptual simulation, and can - with practice - predict the user's movements and commands and move in an anticipatory fashion to enhance efficiency and fluency in the interaction. <a href="http://web.media.mit.edu/~guy/publications/HoffmanAAAI08.pdf" target="_blank">Read</a> or <a target="_blank">watch</a> more about this research. </p> 126 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/219050780 2008-11-26 12:31:30 -0500 some videos to not Highlight reel from a unique human-robot stage performance including two human actors and AUR, the robotic desk lamp. 70