Claire chatted to Kris Dorsey from Northeastern University all about wearable soft robots, healthcare and rehabilitation.

Kris Dorsey is an associate professor in the departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physical Therapy, Movement, and Rehabilitation Sciences and a core faculty member at the Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University. Her current research interests include reconfigurable, novel morphology, and active soft sensors and the design of soft sensors for soft robot actuators and wearable medical and rehabilitation devices. Kris’ work has been recognized by an NSF CAREER award and the Emerging Leader ABIE Award in honor of Denice Denton.

In this episode
00:00 Intro
00:30 Welcome
01:43 Wearable soft robots
11:32 Soft robotics for healthcare and rehabilitation
17:33 Thanks for listening

Find out more
Kris: http://parses.sites.northeastern.edu
Robot Talk Podcast: https://www.robottalk.org

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