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Robots: Celebrating Invention
     


   

     
For many engineers Dean Kamen embodies
invention at its best: Inventor of the prosthetic "Luke" arm,
the IBOT, the portable
insulin pump and the Segway, he has
filed more than 400 patents and founded his own company dedicated to innovation.
But while Kamen may be the greatest inventor alive, his greatest passion
is an initiative to encourage children to get engaged in engineering and
science. And it works: Last year 17'594 teams like the one shown above
participated in Kamen's FIRST
robotics initiative. In the latest episode of the Robots podcast Dean Kamen
speaks about the spirit of invention that drives him to create products
that improve lives, shares details on the Luke arm, and describes the FIRST initiative. To
learn more about Kamen's inventions and to listen to the interview head
on over to the Robots website.

   

http://robots.net/article/2915.html