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Jerry E. Pratt (Ph.D., M.Eng., and B.S. degrees from M.I.T. in Computer
Science and B.S. degree from M.I.T. in Mechanical Engineering) is a research scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC). He comes to
IHMC from Yobotics, Inc., a small company
that he cofounded in 2000. At Yobotics, Jerry helped develop the “RoboWalker”,
a powered orthotic bracing system (an exoskeleton) that is intended to
enhance the gait of individuals with disabilities, and allow one to carry
large loads while hiking over rough terrain with little effort. Prior
to founding Yobotics, Jerry worked at the M.I.T.
Leg Laboratory, where he designed, built, and controlled several bipedal
robots. His approach of maximizing speed, agility, and biological similarity
through the understanding of biological counterparts, is helping to remove
the stereotype of robots as being clunky, jerky-moving machines. At IHMC
Jerry is leads a research team that concentrates on the
understanding and modeling of bipedal and quadrupedal gait and the applications of that
understanding in the fields of robotics, human assistive devices, and
man-machine interfaces. Jerry’s hobbies include playing board games,
football, basketball, and paintball.
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