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Assistive Manipulation

Siddhartha Srinivasa

Professor at UW · Director, Personal Robotics Lab

Design for the one person who needs the help most.
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About

Sidd builds robots that help people who can't always help themselves. His robot arms feed people, hand over cups, and learn each person's preferences instead of forcing one motion on everyone.

Teaching Philosophy

Design for the one person who needs the help most.

What you’ll learn from Siddhartha

  • Why robots that help people need patience
  • How a robot can learn what one person likes
  • What dignity looks like in a robot design

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Related Skills

Current Challenge

Imagine a robot that helps a grandparent. What does it do first?

Known For

HERBADA

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