He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received a doctorate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 2005, and his BS and MEng from MIT. He founded the Healthcare Robotics Lab in 2007 (http://healthcare-robotics.com). His research focuses on mobile manipulation and human-robot interaction with an emphasis on robots for healthcare. He has received the 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, the Georgia Tech Research Corporation Robotics Award, and the NSF CAREER award. His research has been covered extensively by the popular media, including the New York Times, Technology Review, ABC, and CNN