Over 2 million adults living in the United States rely on a caregiver’s assistance to eat daily meals. In addition to human caregivers, technology has been developed to provide assistance.
For example, tabletop and wheelchair-mounted robotic arms have been programmed to pick up foods and bring them to the human operator.
Virginia Tech’s Assistant Professor Dylan Losey brought a team together with backgrounds in both assistive robotics and computer science to explore new technological possibilities for those with limited mobility. [Read more…] about Virginia Tech scientists turn robotic hardware into flatware
