Tag Archives: UC Berkley

Austin Whitney is paralyzed from the waist down. He graduated this spring from UC Berkley. Also, he did something doctors told him he'd never be able to do. Walk.

With how frequently a single sock goes missing in my house, I’m not sure what good a sock matching robot would be, but the concept is a novel one. UC Berkeley researchers programmed the PR2 robot to not only match up pairs of socks, but to also flip the inside out socks back to their outside in form. The robot ...