PR-2 Demonstrates Assistive Living
Division head Mike McNair and research scientist Cody Lundberg talk to KTVT Channel 11 about the role robots will play in assistive living in the future. Read More…
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Mike McNair talks Automated Convoys in Unmanned Systems
U.S. ground forces are working with industry and academic partners to develop robotic convoys. Mike McNair, Automation and Intelligent Systems division head at UTARI adds to the discussion of who and how automated convoys are being used in the military. Read More…
STEM Student Training and UTARI Autonomous Systems Lab
A National Science Foundation grant led by Frank Lewis, Ph.D. and A. Davoudi, Ph.D. is coming to a close but the effects of the study are far-reaching. The Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Real-Time Cooperative Multi-Player Games and Graphical Games was funded from the years 2011-2015. This grant particularly developed a…
Channel 11 Reports on Hand Healing Prototypes
KTVT CBS 11 runs segment on UTARI REHEAL and ReHab gloves, stressing how technology breakthroughs could assist humankind. Read More…
Dr. Reifsnider Speaks to UTA Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Kenneth Reifsnider Presidential Distinguished Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, UTA Director, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, UTARI Member: National Academy of Engineering Composite materials are not just the sum of their parts, they are often engineered systems that function with properties and behavior that results from the interaction of…
Dr. Abhyankar to Present at UTA Bioengineering Dept.
Biological Microsystems Division:Microscale Tissue Engineering Dr. Vinay Abhyankar, Principal Research ScientistBiological Microsystems Division The University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute Topic: “Toward Microscale Tissue Engineered Models of Human Disease” Abstract: The physical phenomena that we are familiar with at the macroscale are often quite different than those that dominate as length…
UTARI and University of Washington Develop REHEAL Glove
UTARI in collaboration with the University of Washington design, develop and test a REHEAL glove that delivers medicine to patients, which speeds up healing to extremities. Read More…
Mike McNair Elected by Members of NAMC to Board of Directors
Mike McNair, UTARI head of Automation and Intelligent Systems, has been member-elected to the National Advanced Mobility Consortium’s board of directors for the Academic Research Institution Seat. Read More…
Channel 8 story of Robotic Glove Designed to Help Stroke Victims
Strokes can cause all sorts of damage;including loss of hand movement. But research scientists at UTARI have created a device that has the potential to make a big difference. Read More…
Channel 8 ABC News reports on Robotic Nurse Aid project at UTA
“[A]fter more than 30 years of research, robots are to the point where they are safe enough to be around people, [and] robust enough to complete some tasks of interest that will be useful to the average person” -Dan Popa Read More…