{"276901":{"#nid":"276901","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Physical Therapy Researchers Bridge Disciplines, Institutions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAt the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Robotics and Intelligent Machines\u003C\/a\u003E, Trumbower is collaborating with other engineers to develop haptic interfaces (devices that provide tactile feedback and virtual reality) for spinal cord injury rehabilitation research. \u0022Haptic robots allow you to simulate things you would experience in the real world but in the controlled environment of a lab,\u0022 says Trumbower, who has program faculty appointments in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDepartment of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.robotics.gatech.edu\/education\/phd\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERobotics PhD program\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ap.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Applied Physiology\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2014-02-17 17:17:31","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:59","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"localization","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2014\/02\/hspub_pt_building_bridges\/campus.html","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"86821","name":"haptic interfaces"},{"id":"15110","name":"randy trumbower"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}