Inspiration Dissemination

Nathan Justus studies the robotics of biological motion. He is part of a team that is using robotics as a creative tool to tackle an issue relevant to the grape industry - that more than 700 black widow spiders end up in consumer's grapes every year. For his Master’s project Nathan worked on developing a new method of measuring the frequency of the web vibrations when two black widows speak to eachother. This information will then be used to develop a method of getting spiders to evacuate their webs without the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides. In this episode, we also discuss Nathan's future research on autonomous underwater robots and his past work experience for NASA's Johnson Space Center. This episode is hosted by Kayla Delventhal and Lillian Padgitt-Cobb. Please find us on social media! Twitter: twitter.com/kbvrID facebook: www.facebook.com/InspirationDissemination/ Blog: blogs.oregonstate.edu/inspiration/ Radio Station: www.orangemedianetwork.com/kbvr_fm Host University: oregonstate.edu