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A person wearing black robotic exoskeleton boots standing on a gray platform.

Wearable robotics promise to help older people retain their mobility and paraplegic patients regain theirs. They could help make humans stronger…

<p>Zhijian Hao (left) and Azadeh Ansari in their lab.</p>

Vibrating tiny robots could revolutionize research.

Individual robots can work collectively as swarms to create major advances in…

Dr. Stephen Balakirsky

On August 10th, 2022, the University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents (BOR) announced the recipients of their highest academic…

<p>Koan at Georgia Tech</p>

Along with the Georgia Tech faculty tapped and reappointed as Regents’ Professors and Researchers at the Aug. 9 University System of Georgia (USG…

<p>Experimental realization of a swimmer on a sphere with actuated motors on a freely rotating boom arm.</p>

When humans, animals, and machines move throughout the world, they always push against something, whether it’s the ground, air, or water. Until…

<p><strong>Interactive Decision-making and Resilient Planning for Safe Legged Locomotion and Navigation</strong></p>

Ye Zhao, Assistant Professor at the George Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Director of the…

Tiny Limbs and Long Bodies: Coordinating Lizard Locomotion

Snakes and lizards have distinct body movement patterns. Lizards bend from side to side as they retract their legs to walk or run. Snakes, on the…

Flawed AI Makes Robots Racist, Sexist

A robot operating with a popular internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates to men over women, white people over people…

<div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div>Yongxin Chen</div> </div> <div> <div>Assistant Professor</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Yongxin Chen received the 2022 Donald P. Eckman Award at the American Control Conference Awards Ceremony, which was held Thursday, July 9th…