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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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What does it take to teach a four-legged robot to jump? Justin Lu, a robotics master’s student working in Yanran Ding’s ARCAD Lab, spent three months building a reinforcement learning framework for legged robots to do parkour. Lu began with a framew...

Robotics Seminar: Geoffrey Louie
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Robotics Seminar: Geoffrey LouieOn May 15, 2025, Geoffrey Louie presented “Towards Programmable Social Robots for Everyone” as part of the Michigan ...

5/23/2025

For #WorldBiodiversityDay, Talia Moore spoke with @PaulsonInst on bioinspired robotics: “Bioinspired robotics can bring attention to rare or endangered species and help us see how they've evolved these awesome capabilities.” https://t.co/Eq6szDQst5

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