Rice students’ robot arm a Dee-light for teen
From: Rice Univeristy News & Media - 09/23/2013
By: Mike Williams

Students build device for wheelchair-bound Shriners patient to give him more
independence

The bioengineering students won Rice's George R. Brown School of Engineering
Design Showcase and Competition last April for their R-ARM, a robotic device
for Dee Faught that fits his motorized chair. A video game controller allows
him to manipulate the robotic arm. The students had the eager teen try a
nearly finished version of the device September 20th at Shriners Hospital for
Children in Houston.

Read the entire article and view a video (4:06) at:
http://news.rice.edu/2013/09/23/rice-students-robot-arm-a-dee-light-for-teen/

Links:
George R. Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase and Competition
http://news.rice.edu/2013/04/11/team-brittle-bones-wins-engineering-design-showcase/

R-ARM: Robotic Assistive Reaching Mechanism
http://oedk.rice.edu/Content/Members/MemberPublicProfile.aspx?pageId=1063096&memberId=5556272

Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen
http://engineering.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=1938

Submitted by Arne Folkedal