Robot Helps Quadriplegic Scratch an Itch for the First Time in a Decade From: IEEE Spectrum - 07/15/2011 By: Evan Ackerman Henry Evans has been a quadriplegic for the last ten years, having suffered a stroke when he was just 40 years old. He saw a PR2 on TV last year, and thought that a robot might be a handy thing to have around the house to help him live a bit more independently. Georgia Tech's Healthcare Robotics Lab and Willow Garage have been collaborating with Henry since then, and he's been able to use a PR2 to do things like shave himself and scratch itches when he has them, things for which Henry has been dependent on other people for the last decade. Read the entire article and watch a video at: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/pr2-helps-quadriplegic-scratch-an-itch-for-the-first-time-in-a-decade Links: Willow Garage - Robots for Humanity http://www.willowgarage.com/blog/2011/07/13/robots-humanity Georgia Tech Healthcare Robotics http://healthcare-robotics.com/ http://www.hsi.gatech.edu/hrl/ 'Robots for Humanity’ Helps Quadriplegic Perform Daily Tasks http://www.ecnmag.com/News/2011/07/%e2%80%98Robots-for-Humanity%e2%80%99-Helps-Quadriplegic-Perform-Daily-Tasks Charlie Kemp's Homepage http://www.hsi.gatech.edu/cckemp/