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Demo The "Gadgetman" is a robot that was created by a team at the University of Alberta in Canada. The gadgetman was created to take on various lab research tasks, such as making more environmentally-friendly paper from wood chips. The gadgetman's arms are made up of an industrial paper shredding machine, and it can also borrow robotic arms from its researchers for specific tasks. This project won the top prize of Canada's Inventors Showcase Award, which is handed out annually to inventors who have made a remarkable contribution to society through their inventions. The award was given to the gadgetman, which took first place in the "Invention Exposition" category. The gadgetman is a robot that can solve various lab research problems. This robot, also known as an assistive technology, needs little to no programming to perform complex tasks. The robot was invented by Chris Harwell who has been an engineering faculty member at the University of Alberta for over 25 years. Harwell's main contribution to robotics is his pneumatic robotic manipulator hand that he invented in 1985 called "THARPA II". The robot is fully autonomous. Demo The "Gadgetman" has been funded by the National Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Cum Laude, and the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures. Harwell has won several awards for his contributions to robotics. The University of Alberta provided a $20,000 research grant as well as additional financial support for employment opportunities such as work study and student stipends. Harwell also received a $10,000 research grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to create robotic hands capable of manipulating objects with precision and dexterity similar to those found in humans. The gadgetman is made up of three major components: the control system, the manipulative segment, and the sensing segment. The control system consists of two main parts, an off-board motion planning computer and an on-board motion controller. The off-board motion planning computer is used to calculate possible sequences of position and orientation commands in order to move the robot in a desired manner. The on board motion controller contains four different motor controllers that drive the joints found in each arm. The four individual motor controllers were created by Bill Smart, a software expert working for Cum Laude Technologies Incorporated. While the robot was being designed, it was heavily influenced by Smart who continuously introduced new ideas into its design process. The on-board motion controller is powered by a PowerPC processor and runs the Cum Laude motion control software. The manipulator segment consists of four different arms. The first arm is the core gripping arm of the robot; it has four motors and two fingers that can grip objects with high precision and strength. This arm was created by Greg Slater of the Schulich School of Engineering at Dalhousie University. The second arm that the robot uses is the paper shredding machine; this arm is used to tear apart wood chips into fine pieces for easier processing and also does not require water which helps conserve energy and waste treatment costs for this technology. cfa1e77820
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