Grant permits interdisciplinary research team to explore how soft robots can support healthcare

An increasing number of older adults live independently but have health conditions that must be managed—both chronic and acute. A grant awarded to an interdisciplinary team including KCH Professor Wendy Rogers aims to investigate some solutions to those issues.

Rogers will be working with Professor Girish Krishnan, an assistant professor in The Grainger College of Engineering, and Dr. Robert Riech of OSF HealthCare on a newly funded $74,086 grant from the Jump Applied Research through Community Health through Engineering and Simulation (ARCHES) program of OSF HealthCare….