Sarah McQuate
Sarah E. McQuate, Ph.D., science writer, University of Washington News & UW College of Engineering
Articles
Helping assembly-line robots pick up objects
University of Washington researchers created a tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object, which could help improve robots in their day-to-day tasks. See video.
Machine learning used to determine warehouse ergonomics for worker safety
Researchers at the University of Washington used machine learning to develop a system that monitors factory and warehouse workers and tell them, in real time, how risky their behaviors are.