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C. S. George Lee, a Purdue professor of electrical and computer engineering, from left, and Howard Zelaznik, a professor of health and kinesiology, work with doctoral student Nicole Rheaume to study how humans learn movement skills. Rheaume draws s circle with a pen equipped with a tiny coiled wire "receiver." A nearby magnet induces a low-level magnetic field. As Rheaume moves the pen, the wire coil induces an electrical current that enables researchers to track the movements. The ultimate goal is to create software that enables robots to combine several of the most "primitive" skills to perform more complex movements, much as people are able to combine a series of basic movements to perform specific tasks.
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