A robot that can pick up objects and hand them to people suffering from degenerative diseases, co-created by Assistant Professor Charlie Kemp of the Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center (RIM@GT), was unveiled March 12 at a conference in Amsterdam. Kemp, who is also director of Georgia Tech's Center for Healthcare Robotics, said his team focused on the ways the robot could interact with humans, not act like one. "How can you make robots that are actually useful? That was bugging me," Kemp said. "And it's a hard question to answer — that's why I'm happy with this."  Source: AJC