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SUMMARY:Turning Assistive Machines into Assistive Robots
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Brenna D. Argall\, Northwestern University\nBio:Brenna A
 rgall is the June and Donald Brewer Junior Professor of Electrical Enginee
 ring & Computer Science at Northwestern University\, and also an assistant
  professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She ho
 lds a Research Scientist position at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chica
 go (RIC)\, where she directs the assistive & rehabilitation robotics labor
 atory (argallab). Prior to joining Northwestern and RIC\, she was a postdo
 ctoral fellow (2009-2011) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausan
 ne (EPFL). Her Ph.D. in Robotics (2009) was received from the Robotics Ins
 titute at Carnegie Mellon University\, as well as her M.S. in Robotics (20
 06) and B.S. in Mathematics (2002). She held a Computational Biology posit
 ion in the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at the National Institutes of
  Health (NIH) prior to graduate school. Her research interests lay at the 
 intersection of robotics\, machine learning and rehabilitation.\nFor decad
 es\, the potential for automation---in particular\, in the form of smart w
 heelchairs---to aid those with motor\, or cognitive\, impairments has been
  recognized. It is a paradox that often the more severe a person's motor i
 mpairment\, the more challenging it is for them to operate the very assist
 ive machines which might enhance their quality of life.\nA primary aim of 
 my lab is to address this confound by incorporating robotics autonomy and 
 intelligence into assistive machines---turning the machine into a kind of 
 robot\, and offloading some of the control burden from the user. Robots al
 ready synthetically sense\, act in and reason about the world\, and these 
 technologies can be leveraged to help bridge the gap left by sensory\, mot
 or or cognitive impairments in the users of assistive machines.\nThis talk
  will overview some of the ongoing projects in my lab\, which strives to a
 dvance human ability through robotics autonomy.
LOCATION:BM 1130 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BM%201130
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