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News about the Michigan Robotics community
How a robotics hackathon can get you building
December 17, 2025
Robotics undergraduate Chad Brouze participated in the Hugging Face LeRobot Worldwide Hackathon, where his team built a voice-controlled robot arm to assist auto mechanics.
Robotics Outreach Ambassadors of 2025
September 22, 2025
We honor students who exemplify enthusiastic outreach through their extraordinary service to community.
Engaging Detroit's next generation of engineers
July 7, 2025
With support from an Engage Detroit grant, U-M IOE and Robotics professors organized a workshop for Detroit high school students, offering hands-on engineering experiences and community building.
Leadership in networked and logic control systems
May 16, 2025
Dawn Tilbury, who was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024, answers questions about challenges and opportunities in the field.
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.
Low-cost technologies for stroke rehabilitation receive prize for outstanding PhD research
April 11, 2025
Thomas E Augenstein has been awarded the 2025 Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD Research. "The award recognizes Tom's extraordinary dedication and innovative contributions to stroke rehabilitation research over the past five years," said Dr. Chandramouli Krishnan.
Authenticity in artwork with robotics receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
March 5, 2025
Patrícia Alves-Oliveira received a DARPA YFA for “Authenticity Markers in Artist-Robot Interaction,” a project developing methods to authenticate artwork by analyzing their entire creative process.
Robotics Department honors faculty and staff efforts in 2024
February 6, 2025
The department recognizes Kayla Dombrowski, Brent Gillespie, and Renay Hutchings for their work over the past year improving the department's culture and operations.
A smaller, simpler bipedal robot student project
November 11, 2024
A 3D-printed bipedal robot inspired by the design of a commercial-scale robot aims to provide an open-source platform for studying and applying reinforcement learning.
Diversifying robotics with a one-of-a-kind collaborative teaching model
October 23, 2024
Toyota Research Institute and Amazon help fund the hybrid program that partners with Minority-Serving Institutions.
What are specific faculty looking for in PhD applications?
September 25, 2024
We asked faculty what they look for in an applicant. Here are their responses.
College robots, tweaked with Scratch, inspire younger students
September 23, 2024
Brody Riopelle recently proved that MBots, an educational robotics platform designed for teaching robotics to college students, could be simplified to introduce younger students without any programming knowledge to robotics.