Everything Hasn't Already Been Invented Yet - Explorations In The New Robotics

This talk will provide an overview of several ongoing projects at SRI Robotics that highlight the many ways new inventions come to be. These projects include a soft exo-suit for human power augmentation, a hyper-efficient humanoid, and several novel mechanical drive trains.

Bio:

Alexander Kernbaum is a technology artist and Senior Robotics Researcher at SRI International who specializes in hyper-efficient novel drivetrains, soft robotics and Super Suits. He earned his PhD from the Biologically Inspired Robotics Lab of Case Western Reserve University.