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Eashan Gallage at the NASA Lunabotics Challenge. By the time Eashan Gallage started at Drexel, he'd already been exposed to a myriad of perspectives and environments. Gallage is originally from Matara ...

The ME Course Column is a recurring publication about the unique classes and labs that mechanical engineers can take while at the University of Colorado Boulder. Follow the series to understand the ...

Robots are not coming to take our jobs, control our lives, or make human beings obsolete. They’re here to work with us and to help us be our best selves— at work and at home—whether we’re assembling ...

Sean Humbert discusses the team's award-winning research developing autonomous robots that can navigate challenging conditions. The team demonstrated the robots for CBS during a recent visit to the ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz, has launched a new major in robotics engineering, an interdisciplinary field that combines electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. The new major, ...

Introduction to state-of-the-art research in robotics. Robot geometries and kinematics; robot programming languages; dynamics and control; motion planning; machine vision; parts-feeders and jigs; ...

A new class of soft, programmable composites that can twist, stiffen, and move differently ...

Building robotic grippers that can firmly grasp heavy objects and also gently grasp delicate ones usually requires complicated sets of gears, hinges and motors. But it turns out that it’s also ...

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