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Efficient Concurrent Operations of Telepresence Avatars

Efficient Concurrent Operations of Telepresence Avatars Jong-Hoon Kim, Nagarajan Prabakar, Cynthia Tope Abstract Telepresence robot extends operation in remote locations as avatars. The remote physical presence application will enable individuals with mobility limitations such as disabled veteran or police officer…..

Standardized Linearization and Vectorization Algorithm for Arm Motion Control of A Humanoid Telepresence Robot

Standardized Linearization and Vectorization Algorithm for Arm Motion Control of A Humanoid Telepresence Robot Michael Waddell, Joel Villasuso, Daniela ChavezGuevera, and Jong-Hoon Kim Abstract Recently, the new motion sensor: the Kinect is being used for natural motion retrieval with no…..

A Smart Multi Telepresence Robot Management System

A Smart Multi Telepresence Robot Management System Nagarajan Prabakar, Cynthia Tope, and Jong-Hoon Kim ABSTRACT Telepresence robot extends operation in remote locations. This feature can be beneficial for several applications, such as subsea exploration, telesurgery, remote physical presence, etc. Especially,…..

Discovery Lab receives Award from the FIU CS Department

The Department of Computer Science hosted an event to honor the work of its staff and student members. One of the awards was for the Discovery Lab, for our work and the impact it has done for the community. The award…..

MakerFaire @ Lab Miami

On Saturday November 16, the Discovery Lab took some of our projects to the MakerFaire Miami and gave a demonstration of their abilities. The event was a great opportunity to see the reaction of the people when seeing our Projects……

Discovery Channel Visit

If you were at Miami Beach in Ocean Drive and the 12th Street yesterday November 17 during the afternoon, you probably saw us in black shirts setting up and demonstrating the Telebot there. This visit was part of a request…..

Discovery Lab Member Recognition

One of our members, Irvin Cardenas has recently become part of the “Class of 2013 HENAAC Scholars”. He has also been recognized by the Great Minds in STEM and Booz Allen Hamilton for his outstanding performance, service and commitment towards…..

The ER Bot at the Miami Science Museum

On October 12th 2013, the Discovery Lab had the pleasure of presenting one of our creations, the Emergency Response Bot (ERB) at the Miami Science Museum. The participants had the opportunity to control the robot briefly and go through some…..