News about Deep Learning for Robotics

A four-wheel Clearpath Husky robot with a ground penetrating radar attached moves in stark Utah desert.

Improving Mars and Moon rover localization with ground penetrating radar

November 6, 2025

By incorporating ground penetrating radar into a planetary rover's localization system, rovers could traverse planets more accurately in environments where wheels often slip.

A black and white sonar image of a sunken ship.

Sonar shipwreck dataset expands national AI infrastructure

October 3, 2025

A dataset of shipwreck sonar scans collected by University of Michigan and Michigan Technological University researchers has been selected for inclusion in the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot.

A group holds up water samples from around the country that will be poured into the new water research tank.

New robotics research water tank to enable advanced marine autonomy

May 7, 2025

A new 10,000 gallon water tank at the University of Michigan will help researchers design, build, and test a variety of autonomous underwater systems that could help robots map lakes and oceans and conduct inspections of ships and bridges.

Two researchers on a boat, as one of them points to the sonar data they are collecting on a screen.

Katherine Skinner awarded NSF CAREER grant

June 14, 2024

Katie Skinner was awarded the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant for a project “to provide new capabilities for marine robotic systems to map, visualize, and navigate underwater sites autonomously.