There will be a series of lectures presented by students in weeks 4 to 8. For these lectures each student should prepare a short talk (max 5 mins, but 3 minutes is idea) so there will be approx 7 presentations on each occasion. Preferably the presentations will be 'live' during one of the sessions (using screen share), although screencasts are also acceptable.
When researching please use web searches that include scholar.google.co.uk to find at least one academic paper relating your topic area. You should also find at least one online video illustrating the robot. Videos can be up to 60% of your talk. Possibly prepare a web page with your key points and the videos embedded. If you use powerpoint please limit your presentation to 6 or fewer slides
Sign up will be on a on google doc (see email).
Topics should be cleared with William Harwin, but suggestions include
| Topic | Possible key words | |
| Cybathlon 2020 | NCCR Robotics | |
| Cybathlon 2016 | NCCR Robotics | |
| Hand/finger exoskeletons | ||
| Lower body exoskeletons | ||
| Human Power amplification, extenders | H. Kazarooni bleex | |
| Human performance augmentation | ||
| Wearable robotics | Wyss Instutute | |
| Wilmington Robot Exoskeleton | Tariq Rahman | |
| Biomimetic walking robots | ||
| Human powered flight | * | |
| Biomimetic Gecko hairs | Robert Full UCB | * |
| Other Biomimetic robots | ||
| Rehabilitation robotics | ICORR Conference | |
| Assistive robotics | ICORR Conference | |
| Robot intelligence | Daniel Wolpert/Ralph Pfeifer | |
| Rescue robots | NCCR Robotics | |
| Surgical robotics | da vinci/intuitive surgical | |
| Surgical robotics | Versius/CMR surgical | |
| Upper limb prosthetics emg | Todd Kuiken (Ted) | |
| Upper limb prosthetics control | Kevin Englehart | |
| Upper limb prosthetics | Beyond bionics (Guardian article redefining humanity) | |
| Intelligent prosthetics and orthotics | Hugh Herr (Ted) | |
| Intelligent prosthetic hands | Peter Kyberd/David Gow/ilimb | |
| Blatchfords Intelligent Knee | Saeed Zahedi | |
| Haptics and medicine (medical skills) | Imperial College | |
| Haptics and medicine (surgical skills) | Allison Okamura | * |
| Haptics and medicine (Dental) | KCL Haptel | |
| Haptics and medicine (veterinary) | Sarah Baille | |
| Haptics and medicine (surgical assistance) | Katherine Kuchenbecker | * |
| Virtual reality and medicine | ||
| Power enhanced wheelchairs | (e.g. e-motion wheels) | |
| Advanced wheelchairs | (e.g. ibot) Dean Kamen | |
| Other topics as agreed |
W.S. Harwin 13/1/2021