RPI faculty John Wen (ISE Department Head), Jonas Braasch (School of Architecture, Director of Center for Cognition, Communication and Culture), and Mei Si (Cognitive Science) held a media morning event showing off their assistive robotics research. Graduate and undergraduate students demonstrated a mobile assistive robot called Jamster, robot teleoperation, and social robotics. Numerous local media outlets reported on the event.
Ch. 10 ABC: http://www.news10.com/story/26657496/rpi-faculty-students-building-cost-...
Ch. 13 NBC: http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S3574937.shtml?cat=11959
Time Warner News: http://albany.twcnews.com/content/news/773195/rpi-showcases-helper-robots/
Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/A-big-assist-from-Jamster-578...
Daily Gazette: http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2014/sep/30/0930_RPI/
John Wen's Youtube channel: http://youtube.com/controlguy168