Telenursing RoboPuppet

The goal of this project is to improve the TRINA nursing robots ability to perform common medical tasks by designing an improved input device. The selected solution was to create a RoboPuppet, a DH parameter scale model of Baxters arms with angle sensors. A RoboPuppet allows for direct manipulation of Baxters joint space with one-to-one correspondence. Actuators were integrated to provide the opportunity for gravity compensation and haptic feedback. The puppet was successful in manipulating Baxters arms smoothly and precisely

El Museo de las Conceptas: Assessing and Advancing Community Engagement

The goal of this project was to develop a plan that would increase the local communityÂ’s awareness of and involvement with el Museo de las Conceptas, a religious museum in Cuenca, Ecuador devoted to the history of the attached monastery. To this end, we conducted surveys with museum visitors and the general public and interviewed local museum professionals in order to discern the best course of action. From these interviews, we decided that creating a cohesive narrative to improve the visitor experience paired with a marketing campaign would be the best solution to the museumÂ’s challenges