ITA Grantee Biographies
Corinna (Cori) Lathan, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
Anthrotronix
Silver Spring, Maryland
www.anthrotronix.com
Founder and CEO
Anthrotronix
Silver Spring, Maryland
www.anthrotronix.com
Dr. Lathan's background includes extensive research, teaching, and consulting in the areas of biomedical and human performance engineering, human factors, and education. Prior to founding AnthroTronix, she was an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at The Catholic University of America (CUA). Dr. Lathan received her B.A. in Biopsychology and Mathematics from Swarthmore College, and an S.M. in Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from MIT. Dr. Lathan is also an Adjunct Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park and a consultant to National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Lathan is actively involved in educational outreach programs that empower women and minorities in science and technology. She is the Founder of Keys to Empowering Youth for junior high school girls and is also an advisor for FIRST, Inc. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Dr. Lathan was named a Young Global Leader in 2006 by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum. Her leadership of AnthroTronix also earned the company the honor of being named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2004 and a 2005 San Jose Tech Museum Awards Laureate. Dr Lathan was named Maryland's 2002 "Top Innovator of the Year," tapped as one of Technology Magazine's "Top 100 World Innovators Under the age of 25," and awarded the Women in Technology Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship.
AnthroTronix is developing telerehabilitation tools to motivate and integrate therapy, learning, and play. These technologies are developed in conjunction with therapists, educators, parents, and children. AnthroTronix has developed CosmoBot™: a robotic toolkit designed for clinical rehabilitation and special education. CosmoBot™ is controlled by body movements, voice activation, or Mission Control, an interactive control station. Cosmobot™ is being tested in clinical and educational settings throughout the development process. By incorporating children into the preliminary stages of testing, we increase the efficacy of the prototype and explore children's responses to stimuli. The data also lead to developing methodologies for therapists and educators to follow in providing assistance to children with special needs, especially autism.
Selected publications:
Lathan C, Malley SM. (2001), "Development of a New Robotic Interface for Telerehabilitation", Proceedings from the Workshop on Universal Accessibility of Ubiquitous Computing: Providing for the Elderly, Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, ACM Press, New York pp. 80-83.
Lathan, C. Boser, K. Frentz C. and Powers K. Using Cosmo's Learning System (CLS) with children with Autism. To be presented at the First International Conference on Technology-based Learning with Disability at WSU, Dayton, OH, July, 2007.
Lathan CE, Tracey MR, Vice JM, Druin A, Plaisant C. “Robotic Apparatus and Wireless Communication System,” U.S. Patent No. 6,895,305, issued May 17, 2005.
Dr. Lathan is actively involved in educational outreach programs that empower women and minorities in science and technology. She is the Founder of Keys to Empowering Youth for junior high school girls and is also an advisor for FIRST, Inc. (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). Dr. Lathan was named a Young Global Leader in 2006 by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum. Her leadership of AnthroTronix also earned the company the honor of being named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2004 and a 2005 San Jose Tech Museum Awards Laureate. Dr Lathan was named Maryland's 2002 "Top Innovator of the Year," tapped as one of Technology Magazine's "Top 100 World Innovators Under the age of 25," and awarded the Women in Technology Leadership Award for Entrepreneurship.
AnthroTronix is developing telerehabilitation tools to motivate and integrate therapy, learning, and play. These technologies are developed in conjunction with therapists, educators, parents, and children. AnthroTronix has developed CosmoBot™: a robotic toolkit designed for clinical rehabilitation and special education. CosmoBot™ is controlled by body movements, voice activation, or Mission Control, an interactive control station. Cosmobot™ is being tested in clinical and educational settings throughout the development process. By incorporating children into the preliminary stages of testing, we increase the efficacy of the prototype and explore children's responses to stimuli. The data also lead to developing methodologies for therapists and educators to follow in providing assistance to children with special needs, especially autism.
Selected publications:
Lathan C, Malley SM. (2001), "Development of a New Robotic Interface for Telerehabilitation", Proceedings from the Workshop on Universal Accessibility of Ubiquitous Computing: Providing for the Elderly, Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, ACM Press, New York pp. 80-83.
Lathan, C. Boser, K. Frentz C. and Powers K. Using Cosmo's Learning System (CLS) with children with Autism. To be presented at the First International Conference on Technology-based Learning with Disability at WSU, Dayton, OH, July, 2007.
Lathan CE, Tracey MR, Vice JM, Druin A, Plaisant C. “Robotic Apparatus and Wireless Communication System,” U.S. Patent No. 6,895,305, issued May 17, 2005.
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