HE鈥橲 BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY WITH ROBOTS.
Dennis Hong
Director of Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory
What if there was a robot designed to save lives in disasters, going where humans can鈥檛? Or a robot that could put out fires on ships? A robot that plays soccer? Stamps its feet when it鈥檚 angry or dances when it鈥檚 happy? These are all real projects designed in 芭乐视频鈥檚 Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory by Professor Dennis Hong and his intrepid team of undergraduate and graduate students. Hong鈥檚 against-the-grain approach has made him one of the most sought-after scientists in the field: he blends art with science, mixing playful humanoid characteristics with startling methods of locomotion inspired by the amoeba. And his infectious passion has earned the man who decided to make building robots his life鈥檚 work after watching Star Wars the sobriquet 鈥渢he Leonardo Da Vinci of robotics.鈥�