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

0650577OH该奖项支持一次计划中的访问，使德雷塞尔大学的Paul Wu博士和弗吉尼亚理工大学的Dennis Hong博士以及四名美国研究生和本科生能够会见韩国高级科学技术研究所的Jun Wu博士和韩国大学的Jae Song博士。此次访问的时机恰逢一年一度的首尔机器人周，使美国团队还可以会见来自学术界、工业界和政府机构的大量韩国机器人专家。这次访问将有助于制定关于类人机器人合作研究的具体计划。特别值得一提的是，这次访问将有助于美国团队努力建造一个成人大小的两足人形和腿部步行者。这项合作研究的长期目标包括使用人形机器人：验证人类平衡障碍的假说，如帕金森氏症，涉及头部-躯干运动和前庭-眼睛反射；识别帮助老年人走动或穿越崎岖地形的腿部运动设计；以及作为一个平台，了解教授多学科国际设计团队的见解。预计该项目将为美国学生提供获得全球研究经验的独特培训和教育机会，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.