Demonstrating a Modsnake at the Keystone Homeland Security University Research Alliance Summit in State College, Pa (2003). Featured in this USA Today article.

Research Engineer
Mobile Robotics Lab
University of Michigan

Room 3944
CSE Building
2260 Hayward Street
Ann Arbor, MI, 48109

Degrees:
•BS in Mechanical Engineering
with Department Research Honors and University Honors
Carnegie Mellon University, 2005.

•MS in Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan, 2008.

Publications:
•The OmniTread OT-4 Serpentine Robot
Design and Performance
Johann Borenstein, Malik Hansen, and Adam Borrell.
Journal of Field Robotics
Volume 24, Issue 7, p 601-621, July 2007

Conference Proceedings:
•The OmniTread OT-4 Serpentine Robot
Johann Borenstein and Adam Borrell
Video Proceedings of ICRA 2008
***Winner of ICRA 2008 Best Video Award***

Robotics Work:
OmniTread Serpentine Robots
Modular Snake Robots
Surgical Robots:
Including building the first prototypes of the CardioArm Surgical Snake Robot, now being developed by Cardiorobotics, which will soon enter human trials.

Research Labs:
University of Michigan Mobile Robotics Lab
Carnegie Mellon University BioRobotics Lab

Testing the Omnitread OT-4 at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas (2006).