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Chad Jenkins named ACM Fellow
March 11, 2026
The Association for Computing Machinery has named Chad Jenkins a 2025 ACM Fellow for contributions to robot learning and broadening participation in robotics and AI.
Soft microrobots to rescue plants from pests receive $1M award
February 25, 2026
The USDA awarded Michigan researchers $1M to develop soft microrobots that climb plant stems to detect pests, led by Xiaonan Huang and Dmitry Berenson.
Using AI to improve 3D printing concrete
February 20, 2026
Professor Yulun Tian is developing an AI-enabled digital twin to monitor and correct robotic 3D concrete printing in real time, backed by a Bold Challenges Initiative award.
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Watch this octopus-inspired soft gripper reshape its entire body to grab objects. Four pneumatic palm actuators change the gripper’s shape to match the object before contact. Four finger actuators then envelop the object on contact. Built-in bend se...
Brandon Apodaca: Robotics PhD DefenseIn a PhD defense for Michigan Robotics, Brandon Apodaca presents work on planning fuel-efficient, human-aware inspection ...
The last few months in robotics? • soft micro robots that seek out pests in agriculture • open-source quadruped for studying evolution • a VEX U qualifier in the Ford Robotics Atrium and a lot more! All in our latest newsletter. https://t.co/dd...
