Friday 22 November 2013

Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity




Paralyzed by a stroke-like attack, Henry Evans uses a telepresence robot to take the stage -- and to show us how new robotics, tweaked and personalized by a group called Robots for Humanity, help him live his life. He shows off a nimble little quadrotor drone, created by a team led by Chad Jenkins, that gives him the ability to navigate space -- to once again look around a garden, stroll a campus