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.
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If you are interested in vision science or want to learn more about low vision and blindness, there are many opportunities to get involved at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.