Engineering professor Dan Popa and his team recently received a federal grant to develop a robot that could serve as a nurses’ assistant.
Engineering professor Dan Popa and his team recently received a federal grant to develop a robot that could serve as a nurses’ assistant.

A University of Louisville engineering research team is working on the next generation of robots. The robots appear almost human and will be able to do jobs that humans can’t or don’t want to do in military or health care settings.

Engineering professor Dan Popa and his team recently received a federal grant to develop a robot that could serve as a nurses’ assistant.  

“I don’t think people realize that this technology is very close to being deployed. I believe that within five to 10 years you’ll be going to the store and buying the next appliance for your house and that’s going to be a robot,” Popa said. “And then you’re going to teach it certain things that interest you.”

Watch Popa further explain his research: 

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Following a 28-year career as a radio and television reporter, Mark Hebert joined the University of Louisville as the Director of Media Relations in 2009, serving as the main spokesperson. In 2015, Mark was named Director of Programming and Production. He’s now producing and hosting a radio show about “all things UofL”, overseeing the university’s video and TV productions and promoting UofL’s research operation. Mark is best known for his 22 years as the political and investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville where he won numerous awards for breaking stories, exposing corruption and objectively covering Kentucky politics. In 2014, Mark was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.