Korea Planning Visit for Humanoids-based Multidisciplined International Teaming and Large Scale Systems Integration

0650577 OH该奖项支持一项计划访问，使德雷克塞尔大学的Paul Oh博士和弗吉尼亚理工学院的Dennis Hong博士以及四名美国研究生和本科生能够与韩国科学技术高级研究院的Jun Oh博士和高丽大学的Jae Song博士会面。 访问的时间将与首尔一年一度的机器人周相吻合，使美国团队也能够与来自学术界、工业界和政府机构的大量韩国机器人专家会面。 此次访问将有助于制定一项关于人形机器人合作研究的具体计划。 特别是，这次访问将有助于美国团队建造一个成人大小的人形和腿式步行者的努力。 合作研究的长期目标包括使用类人机器人：验证关于人类平衡障碍的假设，如帕金森氏病，涉及头部-躯干运动和前庭-眼球反射;确定腿部运动设计，以帮助老年人走动或穿越崎岖地形;并作为一个平台，以获得对多学科国际设计团队的教学见解。 预计该项目将为美国学生提供独特的培训和教育机会，以获得全球研究经验，合作将使两国的参与机构受益。

0650577OH This award supports a planning visit to enable Dr. Paul Oh of Drexel University and Dr. Dennis Hong of Virginia Institute of Technology, together with four U.S. graduate and undergraduate students, to meet with Dr. Jun Oh of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Dr. Jae Song of Korea University. The timing of the visit will coincide with the annual Robot Week in Seoul, permitting the U.S. team to also meet with a large number of Korea's roboticists from academia, industry and government agencies. The visit will help develop a concrete plan for collaborative research on humanoid robotics. In particular, the visit will facilitate the U.S. team's efforts to construct an adult-size biped humanoid and legged walker. The long-term goals of the collaborative research include using humanoids: to validate hypotheses on human balance disorders, like Parkinson's disease, that involve head-torso locomotion and vestibular-ocular reflex; to identify legged locomotion designs to help ambulate the elderly or traverse rough terrain; and as a platform to gain insight on teaching multi-disciplinary international design teams. It is anticipated that this project will provide unique training and educational opportunities for U.S. students to obtain global research experience, and that the collaborations will benefit the participating institutions in both countries.