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Part 3 of 3. Robots, videogames, Iron Man and R2-D2… Classic Game Room visits Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center where students earn a masters degree in entertainment technology which can help them land jobs in the video game industry, robotics and world domination. Come visit the CMU ETC with CGR and marvel at their collection of video game, movie and robotics paraphernalia. Mentors like C-3PO, R2-D2, Gort and Iron Man await student who want to spend two years and countless hours learning to defy ordinary and create games in a group environment. Game design isn’t easy but with motivation like this who wouldn’t want to do it? Even their bathroom has a Super Mario Bros. theme. See Quasi the robot and robot from Terminator 2 as well as the Hoffbrauhaus across the river.

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Benjamin Stephens is a Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He is originally from Oklahoma, but received his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University.

His PhD research focuses on the control of humanoid robot balance and push recovery for force-controlled robots. He is interested in the use of real-time optimal control for robust control of very complex systems. Using his knowledge and experience, he hopes to make legged/humanoid robots more capable of operating in rough and uncertain environments. He also believes this work will lead to the creation of new intelligent assistive devices such as prosthetics and exoskeletons.

To learn more about Ben’s research and see other videos of the Sarcos Robot in action visit his personal webpage:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~bstephe1/

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