{"60636":{"#nid":"60636","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Robot Masters the Art of Opening Doors and Drawers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Charlie Kemp and Advait Jain at Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/hrl\/index.shtml\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHealthcare Robotics Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E have programmed a robot to autonomously approach and open doors and drawers. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt does that using omni-directional wheels and compliant arms, and the only information it needs is the location and orientation of the handles. The researchers discussed their results at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, held May 3rd \u2013 8th in Anchorage, Alaska, where they presented a paper, \u0022Pulling Open Doors and Drawers: Coordinating an Omni-Directional Base and a Compliant Arm with Equilibrium Point Control.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Charlie Kemp and Advait Jain at Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022..\/..\/hrl\/index.shtml\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHealthcare Robotics \nLaboratory\u003C\/a\u003E have programmed a robot to autonomously approach and open doors \nand drawers.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Charlie Kemp and Advait Jain at Georgia Tech\u0027s Healthcare Robotics Laboratory have programmed a robot to autonomously approach and open doors and drawers."}],"uid":"27376","created_gmt":"2010-08-26 15:35:05","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:47","author":"Paul Diederich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-05-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/automaton\/robotics\/medical-robots\/050610-georgia-tech-robot-masters-art-of-opening-doors-and-drawers","title":"Georgia Tech Robot Masters the Art of Opening Doors and Drawers"}],"groups":[{"id":"1241","name":"Health Systems Institute"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2157","name":"Charlie Kemp"},{"id":"10485","name":"CHR"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELalita Kaligotla\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lalita.kaligotla@hsi.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}