February 17, 2021
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a four-legged soft robot that doesn’t need any electronics to work. The robot only needs a constant source of pressurized air for all its functions, including its controls and locomotion systems.
May 18, 2020
Roboticists at the University of California San Diego have developed an affordable, easy to use system to track the location of flexible surgical robots inside the human body. The system performs as well as current state of the art methods, but is much less expensive.
October 10, 2022
From robots inspired by animals and even amoeba, to better algorithms for self-driving cars and robotic surgery, researchers at the University of California San Diego will be presenting a wide range of papers at IROS 2022, which returns in a hybrid format Oct. 23 to 27, 2022.
February 17, 2022
…Compete in International Maritime Robot Competition All teams participating in the Maritime RobotX Challenge start with the same wave adaptive modular vessel (WAM-V); their challenge is to add a suite of sensors and software that will allow it to function autonomously. Photos and video by Daniel Sosa-Cobo. For the past…
May 6, 2016
—When one thinks about “grassroots” organization, typically it’s political and environmental causes that come to mind, but this year’s Southern California Robotics Symposium (SCR) – held at the University of California San Diego – was whirring, whirling proof that even robots can be a cause to rally around.
November 3, 2016
…Changes and Challenges With Robotics More than 200 engineers and scientists take part in Contextual Robotics Institute Forum on Campus An increasing number of self-driving cars and delivery drones. An aging, and sometimes ailing, population. More complex and automated factories. These are just some of the changes coming to the…
May 17, 2017
…developed the first soft robot that is capable of walking on rough surfaces, such as sand and pebbles. The 3D-printed, four-legged robot can climb over obstacles and walk on different terrains. Researchers led by Michael Tolley, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California San Diego, will present the…
May 11, 2021
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a more accurate navigation system that will allow robots to better negotiate busy clinical environments in general and emergency departments more specifically.
October 20, 2015
Researchers in the UCSD Robotics lab have developed a duct-exploring robot based on the principles of tensegrity, a structural design paradigm which combines components under pure tension and pure compression to make mass efficient, accurately controllable structures. Ioana Patringenaru
June 19, 2014
…be the role of robotics in the workplace? How can startups in robotics become mass-market success stories? And what will the robotics industry look like in five, or even 50 years? Those are some of the topics up for discussion June 23 when academic, government and industry participants from the…
