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David A. Handelman, Ph.D.
President and Founder, American Android Corp.
Work
American Android Corp. 1999-present
Principal Investigator
Human-Robot Interface Study Human Effectiveness Directorate, 711th Human Performance Wing,
Air Force Research Lab, U.S. Air Force, 2009-present
Principal Investigator Agile & Dexterous Robot for Inspection & EOD Operations TARDEC, U.S. Army, 2008-present
Principal Investigator Dexterous All-Terrain Biped TARDEC, U.S. Army, 2007
Principal Investigator
     Tactical All-Terrain Biped DARPA DSO, 2005-2006
Principal Investigator In Situ Training of Robonaut for In-Space Assembly, Maintenance and Servicing NASA JSC, 2005
Principal Investigator In Situ Training of Anthropomorphic Robots NASA JSC, 2001-2004
Katrix Inc. Co-Founder & Vice President, 1993-1999
Robicon Systems Inc. Co-Founder & Vice President, 1989-1993
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1989
     Dynamics & Control Systems Group
     Dissertation: A Rule-Based Paradigm for Intelligent Adaptive Flight Control
M.A. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 1984
B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, 1982
Shannon Award, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Selected Publications
Handelman, D., "Adaptive Collaborative Control of Highly Redundant Robots," Unmanned Systems Technology X, SPIE 6962, (2008). [pdf]
Handelman, D. and Lane, S., "Human-to-Machine Skill Transfer through Cooperative Learning," Intelligent Control Systems Theory and Applications, IEEE Press, 187-205 (1995).
Handelman, D. and Lane, S., "Fast Sensorimotor Skill Acquisition based on Rule-Based Training of Neural Networks," Neural Networks in Robotics, Kluwer Academic Pub., 255-270 (1993).
Handelman, D., Lane, S. and Gelfand, J., "Robotic Skill Acquisition based on Biological Principles," Hybrid Architectures for Intelligent Systems, CRC Press, 301-328 (1992).
Handelman, D., Lane, S. and Gelfand, J., "Integrating Neural Networks and Knowledge-Based Systems for Intelligent Robotic Control," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 10(3), 77-87 (1990).
Handelman, D. and Stengel, R., "Combining Expert System and Analytical Redundancy Concepts for Fault-Tolerant Flight Control," J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 12(1), 39-45 (1989).
Handelman, D. and Stengel, R., "Rule-Based Mechanisms of Learning for Intelligent Adaptive Flight Control," Proc. 1988 American Control Conference, 208-213 (1988).
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