About the Authors
Carol Fairchild is the owner and principal engineer of Fairchild Robotics, a
robotics development and integration company. She is a researcher at Baxter's Lab at
the University of Houston–Clear Lake (UHCL) and a member of the adjunct faculty.
Her research involves the use of Baxter for expanded applications. Ms. Fairchild has
been involved in many aspects of robotics from her earliest days of building her
rst robot, a Heathkit Hero. She has an MS in computer engineering from UHCL
and a BS in engineering technology from Texas A&M. Ms. Fairchild has taught
middle-school robotics, coached FLL, and volunteered for FIRST Robotics
in Houston.
Dr. Thomas L. Harman is the chair of the engineering division at UHCL.
His research interests are control systems and applications of robotics and
microprocessors. Several of his research papers with colleagues involve robotic and
laser applications in medicine. In 2005, he was selected as the UHCL Distinguished
Professor. He has been a judge and safety advisor for the FIRST robotic contests in
Houston. Dr. Harman has authored or coauthored 18 books on subjects including
microprocessors, MATLAB and Simulink applications, and the National Electrical
Code. His laboratory at UHCL has a Baxter two-armed robot and several TurtleBots
as well as other robots.
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