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The Robotics Department at the University of Michigan is creating the next generation of robotics and roboticists as force-multipliers for the benefit of society.

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Fan blades designed like owl feathers. Fire suppression designed like pinecones. Electrical rescue equipment designed like ant pincers. Water collection from sweat designed like lizard skin. A few projects from last year’s ROB 560: Bioinspired Ro...

Autonomous Reality Capture for the Built World | Mark Williams
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Autonomous Reality Capture for the Built World | Mark WilliamsIn this Michigan Robotics Pathways and Careers Speaker Series, Mark Williams, Managing Principal of Diagnostics at Walter P ...

3/18/2026

Having trouble concentrating? Not in Robotics. Five new undergraduate robotics concentrations, coming this fall. https://t.co/6NQfQzsorO

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