New Technology Could Predict When Someone’s Mobility is Declining
CISE Faculty Affiliate Roberto Tron uses Visual-Inertial Filtering for Clinically-Relevant Human Walking Quantification As we age, the likelihood of falling and getting injured increases. But what if we could prevent these accidents from happening? CISE faculty affiliate Roberto Tron is working on preventing injuries by monitoring mobility through cameras, sensors, machine learning, and estimation algorithms […]
Faculty Profile-Roberto Tron
By Rachel Riley Mechanical Engineering Professor Roberto Tron received a 300-pound, $30,000 delivery last week: Baxter, a 3-foot tall humanoid robot with two arms and an animated face. Baxter is a practical addition at small and large companies across the U.S., where it can easily be programmed to perform repetitive tasks and assist in manufacturing. […]
Drone Home: New Robotics Lab Gives Researchers and Their ‘Bots Room to Roam
By Sara Elizabeth Cody As an animation technique, motion capture, has been prominently featured in a number of blockbuster films for more than a decade, bringing fictional characters, like Gollum from Lord of the Rings, to life. This same technology is allowing BU researchers study robotics and the relationship between man and machine in the […]