{"654377":{"#nid":"654377","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Aware Home Research Seed Grant Winners","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFive winners were announced for the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) and Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) seed grant program for Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Aware Home Research Initiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe spring 2022 seed grant awardees are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECharles \u0026quot;Clint\u0026quot; Zeagler, senior research scientist, Institute of People and Technology and program manager for the Wearable Computing Center\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOmer Inan, associate professor and Linda J. and Mark C. Smith Chair in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ESonia Chernova, associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EYe Zhao, assistant professor in the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EZsolt Kira, assistant professor in the School of Interactive Computing\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe primary objective of the IRIM\/IPaT Aware Home seed grant program is to spark a revitalization of healthcare robotics research in IPaT\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/awarehome.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAware Home\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI) at the Georgia Institute of Technology is an interdisciplinary research endeavor aimed at addressing the fundamental technical, design, and social challenges for people in a home setting. Central to this research is the Aware Home, a 3-story, 5040 square foot facility designed to facilitate research, while providing an authentic home environment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProposals to develop infrastructure (including software) that will support interdisciplinary healthcare robotics research were encouraged, as were proposals that develop research areas that are not well represented at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFacilities in the Aware Home include a mobile manipulator with a bimanual torso (Clearpath mobile platform, with a pair of Kinova robot arms, and computer vision system) as well as a network of \u0026ldquo;smart home\u0026rdquo; sensing technologies. These platforms will be available for use by projects funded under this program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne goal for these seed grants is to strengthen collaborative and interdisciplinary efforts between IPaT and IRIM.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five winners were announced for the Institute of People and Technology (IPaT) and Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) seed grant program "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2022-01-12 18:59:54","changed_gmt":"2022-06-30 20:08:33","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"654376":{"id":"654376","type":"image","title":"Inside hallway - Georgia Tech Aware Home ","body":null,"created":"1642013894","gmt_created":"2022-01-12 18:58:14","changed":"1642013894","gmt_changed":"2022-01-12 18:58:14","alt":"Inside hallway - Georgia Tech Aware Home ","file":{"fid":"248175","name":"IMG_4828.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_4828.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_4828.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":294186,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_4828.jpg?itok=pAtc-fCh"}}},"media_ids":["654376"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}