Before joining the faculty at CMU in 2000, he was an assistant, then associate professor in the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT from 1986 to 1993. He was also an associate professor at the College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology from 1994 to 2000.[5]
Chris Atkeson's robot that inspired the creation of Baymax[6]
Atkeson's work in soft robotics helped influence production on the 2014 Disney film Big Hero 6, and he consulted with the film's production team on the design of Baymax.[7]
Honors and awards
National Science Foundation Engineering Initiation Award, 1987–1988.
National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award, 1988–1993.
W. M. Keck Foundation Assistant Professorship in Biomedical Engineering, 1988–1990.
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, 1989–1991.
W. M. Keck Foundation Associate Professorship in Biomedical Engineering, 1990–1991.
Teaching Award from the MIT Graduate Student Council, 1990.
Edenfield Faculty Fellowship Award, 1995.
Elected by faculty to College of Computing Dean's Advisory Committee, 1995–1996, 1996–1997.
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^Ulanoff, Lance (7 November 2014). "'Big Hero 6' star Baymax was inspired by a real robot". Mashable. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
^Trimboli, Brian (Nov 9, 2014). "CMU's soft robotics inspire Disney's movie Big Hero 6 - The Tartan". The Tartan. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
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