WPI Soft Robotics Research: Origami Robots for Wheelchair Users

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Cagdas Onal, associate professor of robotics engineering, is leading new National Science Foundation-funded research into the possibility of designing flexible robot arms that could help wheelchair users.

00:00 NSF funding
00:16 Challenges of rigid robots
00:25 Benefits of flexible robots
00:31 Who will it help?
00:49 What is made of?
01:01 How will it impact daily life for wheelchair users?



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