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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nJoin the IEEE Toronto Instrumentation &amp; Measurement – R
 obotics &amp; Automation Joint Chapter for a talk on the Walking with Robots\,
  presented by Dr. Amy R. Wu from Queen&#39;s University.\n\nWednesday\, July 3
 1\, 2024 @ 5:00 – 6:00 PM\n\nAbstract: A world embedded with robots seem
 s inevitable. One challenge\, however\, is designing robots to work with u
 s\, not against us. It is unclear how assistive robots\, such as robot com
 panions\, would affect activities of human daily living\, such as walking.
  To inform the design of controllers that enable seamless human-robot inte
 raction during walking tasks\, we first sought to determine whether legged
  robots could affect human walking behavior. Robots have the potential to 
 greatly improve human lives\, but we should ensure they are designed to in
 teract well with us to minimize mechanical and possibly energetically rela
 ted consequences from human-robot interaction.\n\nIn this talk\, Dr. Amy R
 . Wu will discuss two studies they conducted with human participants and q
 uadrupedal robots walking side-by-side. They compared human behavior with 
 and without the robot and found that legged robots can affect human gait e
 ven without physical interactions\, which has implications for the design 
 of robot companions or monitoring robots.\n\nSpeaker(s): Amy R. Wu\, PhD\,
  P.L.Eng\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425309
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425309
ORGANIZER:s.sedghizadeh.ca@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:32
SUMMARY:Walking with Robots
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/425309
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 a/display/b3cf9df4-f568-4f9d-b82e-825bfa4be359&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;498&quot; height=
 &quot;280&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;Join the &lt;stro
 ng&gt;IEEE Toronto Instrumentation &amp;amp\; Measurement &amp;ndash\; Robotics &amp;amp\
 ; Automation Joint Chapter&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;for a talk on the&lt;strong&gt; Walkin
 g with Robots&lt;/strong&gt;\, presented by&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Dr. Amy R. Wu &lt;/strong
 &gt;from&lt;strong&gt; Queen&#39;s University.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;col
 or: rgb(186\, 55\, 42)\; font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wednesday\, July 31\, 
 2024 @ 5:00 &amp;ndash\; 6:00 PM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: r
 gb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract: &lt;/strong&gt;A world embedded with robots s
 eems inevitable. One challenge\, however\, is designing robots to work wit
 h us\, not against us. It is unclear how assistive robots\, such as robot 
 companions\, would affect activities of human daily living\, such as walki
 ng. To inform the design of controllers that enable seamless human-robot i
 nteraction during walking tasks\, we first sought to determine whether leg
 ged robots could affect human walking behavior. Robots have the potential 
 to greatly improve human lives\, but we should ensure they are designed to
  interact well with us to minimize mechanical and possibly energetically r
 elated consequences from human-robot interaction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;&quot;&gt;In this talk\, &lt;strong&gt;Dr. Amy R. Wu &lt;/strong
 &gt;will discuss two studies they conducted with human participants and quadr
 upedal robots walking side-by-side. They compared human behavior with and 
 without the robot and found that legged robots can affect human gait even 
 without physical interactions\, which has implications for the design of r
 obot companions or monitoring robots.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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