When she’s not ballroom dancing or mentoring students, this associate professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics and the GRASP Labat the University of Pennsylvania is exploring the potential of tactile technologies (haptics) – from high five-ing robots that can tell you something is “fluffy,” to improving surgery training, the future is touchable!

Category: 2014 - Scientist of the Year

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