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Robotics Institute

Dan NewmanOctober 4, 2021

$1.7M to build everyday exoskeletons to assist with lifting, walking and climbing stairs

The modular exoskeleton system will help workers and the elderly, boosting ankle, knee and/or hip joints by mounting new motors to off-the-shelf orthotics.

Gabe CherrySeptember 14, 2021

$1M for open-source first-responder robots

An open-source perception and movement system, to be developed with NSF funding, could enable robots that partner with humans in fires and disaster areas.

Dan NewmanAugust 12, 2021

Faster path planning for rubble-roving robots

Splitting the path into difficult and easy terrain speeds up path planning for robots that use “hands” to maintain balance on uneven ground.

Dan NewmanMay 19, 2021

Helping robots learn what they can and can’t do in new situations

What should a robot do when it cannot trust the model it was trained on?

Nicole Casal MooreMarch 16, 2021

U-Michigan, Ford open world-class robotics complex

The facility will accelerate the future of advanced and more equitable robotics and mobility.

Nicole Casal MooreFebruary 1, 2021

‘Solving for equity’: A Michigan Robotics course flips the script on engineering ed

ASEE Prism magazine explores how linear algebra could level the playing field.

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