The British Consulate-General in Boston hosted several robotics and healthcare researchers for a visit to local academia and robotics companies with the objective to foster ties between roboticists on both sides of the Atlantic. The delegation included researchers from Bristol Robotics Lab, Edinburgh Center for Robotics, Sheffield Robotics Group, Herriot Watt University, Institute of Design, Robotics and Optimisation, Leeds EPSRC National Facility for Innovative Robotics Systems, Space Autonomous Systems at Surrey and University College London.
MassRobotics hosted the group for presentations, discussion and demonstrations by Myomo, Cardan Robotics and Andros Robotics.
Maciej Pietrusinski, founder and president of Andros Robotics, demonstrates his Series Elastic Actuator