Robotics Workshop - February 26, 2014
NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX
This workshop was part of the JSC Connect event series organized through a partnership between the NASA Johnson Space Center, Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization, and Houston Technology Center.
This event brought together a cross-sector audience, with presentations on the latest advances and unmet challenges, in a format providing an opportunity for participants to network and explore potential partnerships.
8:00 Networking Breakfast
8:30 Welcome
8:50 Presentation Panel Session
10:00 Networking Break
10:30 Presentation Panel Session
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Presentation Panel Session
2:30 Adjourn
Presentations:
Jacobs (AMS):
Matthew Trompeter: Jacobs Advanced Manufacturing Services (AMS)
NASA Johnson Space Center:
Rob Ambrose: NASA’s Human Robotic Systems
Bill Bluethmann: JSC Robotics: Mobility Overview
Ron Diftler: Robonaut 2 Overview
Stephanie Duncan: Miniature Exercise Device (MED) Overview
Linda Ham: JSC 2.0 … Crafting our Future
Nicolaus Radford: Valkyrie, NASA’s New Humanoid
Roger Rovekamp: NASA/JSC Exoskeleton Technology
Lui Wang: Electronic and Augmented Reality Procedure Technology
Texas A&M University:
Aaron Ames: Next Generation Control for Bipedal Robots and Prosthesis
TRACLabs:
Dave Kortenkamp: TRACLabs Robotics Projects
University of Houston:
Atilla Kilcarslan & Anusha Venkatakrishnan: Wearable Neuro-Exoskeletons with Integrated Diagnostic, Assistive and Therapeutic Capabilities
University of Texas:
Luis Sentis: Control, Design and Middleware of Human Centered Robots