Eleda Shoudmigill is CEO and co-founder of the Organic Robotics Corporation. Rob Shepherd is associate professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. The pair are working on a smart suit that would allow astronauts to perform more like athletes here on Earth.
Can you give a robot a sense of touch? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly, learn about soft robotics, sensors, and understanding human physiology with co-founders of Organic Robotics Corp, Professor Robert Shepherd and Ilayda Samilgil.
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