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Innovator Profile

Caleb Rucker

Associate Professor and B. Ray Thompson Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Director, REACH Lab

Dr. Rucker received his PhD from Vanderbilt University in 2011. His research interests​ include understanding robotic manipulators​ that have a continuously flexible structure,​ sensing the mechanical interaction between robots and soft tissue, and exploring novel​ manipulator structures and actuation methods.

Available Technologies

  • robotic pneumatic input to robot handle grip handle
    Improved Flexural Rigidity in Concentric-Tube Robots
    Researchers at the University of Tennessee and Louisiana State University have invented a concentric-tube steerable device which has the improved stru ... (read more)

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