Name: 【TED】Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity (Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins: Meet the robots for humanity)
Uploaded: 2016-02-24T21:59:59.000Z
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Sarge Salman: All the way from Los Altos Hills, California,

I was living my version of the American dream.

I grew up in a typical American town near St. Louis.

and graduated with degrees in accounting and German,

including spending a year of study in Austria.

I married my high school sweetheart, Jane.

Together, we raised four wonderful children.

I worked and studied hard to move up the career ladder,

eventually becoming a chief financial officer

in Silicon Valley, a job I really enjoyed.

My family and I bought our first and only home

We were looking forward to rebuilding it,

I suffered a stroke-like attack caused by a birth defect.

but with the help of an incredibly supportive family,

I finally decided life was still worth living.

I became fascinated with using technology

convert my tiny head movements into cursor movements,

I can surf the web, exchange email with people,

and routinely destroy my friend Steve Cousins

This technology allows me to remain engaged,

One day, I was lying in bed watching CNN,

when I was amazed by Professor Charlie Kemp

of the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech

I emailed Charlie and Steve Cousins of Willow Garage,

and we formed the Robots for Humanity project.

I shaved myself for the first time in 10 years.

I saw new and previously unthinkable possibilities

both for myself and others in my circumstance.

All of us have disabilities in one form or another.

For example, if either of us wants to go 60 miles an hour,

both of us will need an assistive device called a car.

Your disability doesn't make you any less of a person,

By the way, check out my sweet ride. (Laughter)

Since birth, we have both suffered from the inability

It was then I realized that I could also use

Using a mouse cursor I control with my head,

With a little practice, I became good enough with this interface

I inspected the solar panels on our roof. (Laughter)

One of my challenges as a pilot is to land the drone

I went even further by seeing if I could use

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