{"id":317549,"date":"2018-07-17T06:16:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=317549"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:21:01","slug":"ep-29-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/07\/17\/ep-29-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 29: Robotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7965\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-317549-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=317549-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"FINAL_Ep29.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('317549-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_317549-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_317549-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=317549-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D317549\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today\u2019s episode is about robotics featuring an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csee.umbc.edu\/~kavi1\/\">Kavita Krishnaswamy<\/a>, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Kavita will share how she got into robotics and the access barriers she faces in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) as a student and researcher. As a person with <a href=\"https:\/\/ghr.nlm.nih.gov\/condition\/spinal-muscular-atrophy\">spinal muscular atrophy<\/a>, Kavita will also talk about the potential of robots providing assistance and greater independence for people with disabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fu8qoqOxnvP2ab2RRgyeYDmwemncxx3kTgWL9WfqEok\/edit?usp=sharing\">[Google doc]<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Robotics.pdf\">[PDF]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/suitabletech.com\/\">Beam Telepresence Robots, SuitableTech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/doit\/\">DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center, University of Washington<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goldstein-Street, Jake. January 29, 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyuw.com\/science\/article_8336595c-04a2-11e8-8999-6343bf559201.html\">Breaking down barriers to computer science for students with disabilities.<\/a> The Daily, University of Washington.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewh.ieee.org\/r2\/baltimore\/robot\/\">IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Robot Challenge, Baltimore, MD<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mesa.ucop.edu\/\">Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Patel, Sonam. September 12, 2017.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/suitabletech.com\/news\/blog\/full\/507-how-kavita-uses-beam-to-pursue-a-phd-and-see-the-world?utm_source=Facebook&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=Blog\">How Kavita Uses Beam to Pursue a PhD and See the World.<\/a> Suitabletech.com<\/p>\n<p>Torres, Reveca. (April 2, 2018). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmobility.com\/2018\/04\/tech-jobs-disabled\/\">Tech Jobs: The Future is Now.<\/a> New Mobility Magazine.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-317552\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"317552\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2018\/07\/17\/ep-29-robotics\/kavita2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavita2015.jpg?fit=300%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,342\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kavita2015\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image description: Young Indian American woman with black hair tied in a bun. She is wearing a cream colored shirt and gold earrings.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavita2015.jpg?fit=300%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-317552 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavita2015.jpg?resize=300%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Young Indian American woman with black hair tied in a bun. She is wearing a cream colored shirt and gold earrings.\" width=\"300\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavita2015.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Kavita2015.jpg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-317552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image description: Young Indian American woman with black hair tied in a bun. She is wearing a cream colored shirt and gold earrings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Kavita Krishnaswamy<\/strong> is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) working with Dr. Tim Oates. Kavita is a <a href=\"https:\/\/buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com\/scholarships\/google-lime-scholarship\/#!?detail-content-tabby_activeEl=detail-overview-content\">Google Lime Scholar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-program\/phd-fellowship-program\/\">Microsoft Research Fellow<\/a>. She is a recipient of both a Ford Foundation Predoctoral and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsfgrfp.org\/\">National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships<\/a>. She has also worked at the National Science Foundation&#8217;s Engineering Research Center &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.edu\/qolt\/\">Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT)<\/a> in Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh and IBM Business consulting services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a professional researcher with a physical disability, Kavita is motivated by a powerful, innate force: autonomy is the soul of independent daily living that is achieved with the advancement of technology. Her research involves the development of robotic systems to provide assistance and increase independence for people with disabilities. She is developing several prototype robotic systems that will support transferring, repositioning, and personal care, with a focus on accessible user interfaces for control that are feasible for persons with severe disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csee.umbc.edu\/~kavi1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.csee.umbc.edu\/~kavi1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sarikadmehta.com\">Sarika D. Mehta<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artist: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/The_Pangolins\/The_StreamSwallows_Den\/The_Stream\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Stream<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/The_Pangolins\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pangolins<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/LDI\/La_mis\/La_verdadera_impaciencia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La verdadera impaciencia (B-side)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/LDI\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L.D.I.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Lobo_Loco\/LITTLE_CAESAR\/Frisco_Nights_ID_541\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frisco Nights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Lobo_Loco\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loco Lobo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Jack_Master. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by sheepfilms. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/FINAL_Ep29.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSToday\u2019s episode is about robotics featuring an interview with Kavita Krishnaswamy, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer &hellip; 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