{"555381":{"#nid":"555381","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IRIM Launches Vintage Robotics Research Video Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EInstitute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech has launched a new series of robotics research videos on YouTube.\u0026nbsp;Donated by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/clinton-w-kelly-iii\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDr. Clinton W. Kelly III\u003C\/a\u003E, a member of the College of Computing\u2019s advisory board and a longtime benefactor of Georgia Tech,\u0026nbsp;the diverse collection of videos\u0026nbsp;covers an extended period of time and offers a behind-the-scenes look at different aspects of the earlier days of unmanned vehicle and other robotics research conducted across multiple institutions, companies, and funding agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EKelly\u2019s distinguished career includes serving as\u0026nbsp;director of the U.S. Strategic Computing Program and executive director of the Information Science and Technology Office\u0026nbsp;at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EDARPA\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). Subsequently, he served as the CTO for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.saic.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESAIC\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Science Applications International Corporation). He has also held a number of advisory positions with universities, including Duke, CMU, and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/mG_ZKXo6Rlg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Efirst video in the series\u003C\/a\u003E features the Leg Lab, established at CMU by Marc Raibert and later moved to MIT. The Leg Lab developed robots that ran and maneuvered like animals and formed the basis for the company \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bostondynamics.com\/bd_about.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EBoston Dynamics\u003C\/a\u003E, which was founded by Raibert in 1992. The video shows some of the early examples of legged robots from monopods to quadropeds.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EThrough a collaborative effort, led by Henrik I. Christensen, IRIM\u2019s founding\u0026nbsp;executive\u0026nbsp;director, and Josie Giles, marketing and communication manager, IRIM will regularly publish additional video clips from the collection on YouTube to offer the general public a unique insight into the foundational work on robotics technologies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBackground\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EFor additional information about the relationship between Kelly and IRIM, visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/outreach\/kellylecture\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/outreach\/kellylecture\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe videos cover an extended period of time and offer a behind-the-scenes look at different aspects of the earlier days of unmanned vehicle and other robotics\u0026nbsp;research\u0026nbsp;conducted across multiple institutions, companies, and funding agencies.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The videos cover an extended period of time and offer a behind-the-scenes look at different aspects of the earlier days of unmanned vehicle and other robotics research conducted across multiple institutions, companies, and funding agencies."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2016-07-25 18:40:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:08","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mG_ZKXo6Rlg","title":"Leg Lab Video"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/clinton-w-kelly-iii","title":"Clinton W. Kelly, III"}],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"115691","name":"Clinton Kelly"},{"id":"81491","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"},{"id":"2352","name":"robots"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003EIRIM Marketing Communications Mgr.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}