![The robotic fingerspelling hand Picture of the robotic fingerspelling hand](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/project_images/robothandsquare.jpg?h=4de69ae3&itok=dHaolk74)
Headed by Dr. Deborah Gilden, the RERC has repeatedly sponsored university student projects to develop a robotic fingerspelling hand to communicate with deaf-blind people. The most recent team of three seniors at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo has designed and fabricated the hand shown here with their poster describing the project.