Professors Create Assistive & Intelligent Devices For Aging in Place
The project aims to translate advances in robotics, advanced manufacturing, and intelligent systems into assistive devices that allow individuals to continue to live safely, independently, and comfortably as they age.
Michael Bazzocchi and Marcias Martinez, professors of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Clarkson University, are working together to develop an Assistive and Intelligent Device Fabrication (AIDFab) facility for aging in place. The aim of AIDFab is to translate advances in robotics, advanced manufacturing, and intelligent systems into assistive devices that allow individuals to continue to live safely, independently, and comfortably as they age.
Bazzocchi and Martinez have received funds from La Fondation Dassault Systèmes, Clarkson’s Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP), and internal sources to help fund the facility.