Robotic Therapy
Professional Work as UI/UX and Game Design Engineer at Barrett Technology, LLC
Select projects from 2019 - 2026
Final deliverables made in Unity© game engine
Purpose
Barrett Technology, LLC pioneers the therapeutic robot Burt® to aid patients with upper-extremity weakness and loss of function. Using the robot as an assistive “game controller”, patients move the endpoint to achieve tasks in the various games and activities Burt® offers. Activities are built with a range of difficulty to accommodate the range of needs of the patient population who would benefit from this therapy.
My role
I maintain the user-facing Unity software ecosystem, continually building, designing, and improving the library of activities and the user interface for therapists. I work closely with other software engineers as well as our hardware and marketing team to deliver an engaging and healing experience for the patient users.
Assets Created by Lisa Revette, © Barrett Technology, LLC
CatchMaster™
My first game built at Barrett, pairing a simple concept with additive motivational elements.
Catch as many butterflies as possible to earn money - used in a separate decoration mode
Multiple butterfly types with varying rarities spark excitement
The highest level is harder than you expect!
Desert Driver™
Another of my solo projects, this is a mix of the fantastical and the real world applications that therapists want their patients to train on.
Large track gives the “wow” factor - therapy doesn’t have to be boring
With a “best time” to beat, patients must balance their need for speed with the appropriate level of caution
Obstacles to avoid help train a patient’s ability to react to fast-moving events
Assets Created by Lisa Revette, © Barrett Technology, LLC
Assets from Unity Asset Store
LaundryLoader™
Deceptively complex, this Activity of Daily Living program was designed hand-in-hand with my co-game design engineer and the lead robotics engineer to create a structured activity with robotic haptics.
What does robotic haptics mean? You can feel the machines!
Based on real activities that occupational therapists run with their patients, this program follows a structured path from sorting, washing, and drying a pile of clothes.