NRT: Accessibility, Rehabilitation, and Movement Science (ARMS): An Interdisciplinary Traineeship Program in Human-Centered Robotics

NRT：无障碍，康复和运动科学（ARMS）：以健康为中心的机器人的跨学科培训计划世界人口结构正在发生变化。人们的寿命继续延长，美国人口正在老龄化，种族和民族更加多样化。患有终身残疾的年轻人也有所增加，例如遭受灾难性伤害的退伍军人、患有神经退行性疾病的人以及患有发育障碍或发育迟缓的儿童。随着人口结构的变化，对先进医疗技术的需求不断增加，需要培养能够开发这些新技术的新一代工程师。这项授予佐治亚理工学院的国家科学基金会研究培训奖将通过培训医疗机器人跨学科领域的研究生、硕士和博士生来解决这一需求。通过结合机器人学科、健康科学研究、与临床合作伙伴的互动、动手康复研究以及创新和转化研究的文化，该培训计划预计将为155名学生（包括30名受资助的学员）提供独特而全面的培训机会。学员将有独特的机会接触到机器人、生理学、神经科学、康复和心理学等领域的各种方法。通过解决两个主要障碍，实习生将弥合医疗保健和机器人之间的差距：a)缺乏一个正式的框架，使机器人工程师和卫生专业人员之间的跨学科合作；B)机器人专业的学生没有准备好解决医疗保健方面的问题，包括对临床医生、护理人员和残疾人所面临的挑战缺乏认识。通过与各种合作伙伴的密切互动，实习将扩大学生的视野，超越技术第一的心态，考虑开发机器人解决方案的挑战，以满足临床医生、护理人员和残疾人的需求。目标是开发一个基于参与式设计、基于问题的学习和沉浸式研究体验的跨学科课程，融合多学科的技术来解决医疗保健中的问题。培训的第二个主要目标是增加女性、未被充分代表的少数民族和残疾学生在机器人和相关工程领域的参与。该项目将开发一个新的医疗机器人硕士学位项目和一个新的医疗机器人博士学位领域，以及课程材料和最佳实践，以便其他机构开发类似的项目。NSF研究培训（NRT）计划旨在鼓励开发和实施大胆的、新的、具有潜在变革性和可扩展的STEM研究生教育培训模式。通过创新、循证、适应不断变化的劳动力和研究需求的综合培训模式，培训项目致力于在高优先级跨学科研究领域对STEM研究生进行有效培训。该奖项在一定程度上得到了EHR核心研究（ECR）项目的支持，特别是ECR残疾教育研究（RDE）领域的特殊利益。ECR强调在STEM领域产生基础知识的基础教育研究。投资在至关重要、广泛和持久的关键领域：STEM学习和STEM学习环境，扩大STEM参与，以及STEM劳动力发展。

NRT: Accessibility, Rehabilitation and Movement Science (ARMS): An Interdisciplinary Traineeship Program in Health-Centered RoboticsThe world's demographics are changing. People continue to live longer and the U.S. population is becoming older and more racially and ethnically diverse. There is also an increase in younger individuals living with a life-long disability, such as veterans who sustain catastrophic injuries, persons suffering from neurodegenerative diseases, and children growing up with developmental disorders or delays. With this changing population profile comes an increasing demand for advanced healthcare technologies and a need to train a new generation of engineers able to develop these new technologies. This National Science Foundation Research Traineeship award to the Georgia Institute of Technology will address this demand by training graduate master's and doctoral students in the interdisciplinary field of healthcare robotics. The traineeship anticipates providing a unique and comprehensive training opportunity for one hundred and fifty-five (155) students, including thirty (30) funded trainees, by combining disciplines in robotics, studies in health sciences, interactions with clinical partners, hands-on rehabilitation research, and a culture of innovation and translational research. Trainees will have unique exposure to a variety of approaches developed in Robotics, Physiology, Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, and Psychology. The traineeship will bridge the gap between healthcare and robotics by addressing two major barriers: a) the lack of a formalized framework to enable interdisciplinary collaborations between robotics engineers and health professionals; b) the tendency for students in robotics to be unprepared to address problems in healthcare, including a lack of appreciation for the challenges encountered by clinicians, caregivers, and people with disabilities. Through close interactions with various partners, the traineeship will expand student horizons beyond a technology-first mentality to consider challenges in developing robotic solutions that address the needs of clinicians, caregivers, and people with disabilities. The goal is to develop an interdisciplinary curriculum based upon the concept of participatory design, problem-based learning, and an immersive research experience that blends techniques from multiple disciplines to solve problems posed in healthcare. A second major goal of the traineeship is to increase the participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and students with disabilities in robotics and related engineering fields. The project will develop a new M.S. degree program in healthcare robotics and a new PhD concentration area in healthcare robotics as well as curricular materials and best-practices to allow other institutions to develop similar programs.The NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, potentially transformative, and scalable models for STEM graduate education training. The Traineeship Track is dedicated to effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary research areas, through the comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs.This award is supported, in part, by the EHR Core Research (ECR) program, specifically the ECR Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) area of special interest. ECR emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development.