Projects

3 12, 2015

Research Project: Soft Robots

2021-11-08T15:22:18+00:00

Soft robots provide an opportunity to bridge the gap between machines and people. In contrast to hard bodied robots, soft robots have bodies made out of intrinsically soft and/or extensible materials (e.g. silicone rubbers) that can deform and absorb much of the energy arising from ...
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Research Project: Soft Robots2021-11-08T15:22:18+00:00
2 12, 2015

Research Project: Mobility on Demand with Self-Driving Cars

2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00

In this project we are developing self-driving cars for customized mobility on demand as part of the SMART program. The objective is to develop data-driven customized transportation. We are developing a fleet of self-driving cars consisting of golf carts and electric cars. Mobility on demand ...
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Research Project: Mobility on Demand with Self-Driving Cars2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00
7 10, 2015

Robots and Whales: Tracking Whales with Quadrotors

2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00

Observing whales is important for marine biology tasks such as taking census, determining family lineage, and general behavior observations. Currently, whales are observed manually using binoculars and cameras from the shore or from boats, and notes are made using pencil and paper. The process is ...
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Robots and Whales: Tracking Whales with Quadrotors2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00
7 10, 2015

Robots and Cooking: Bakebot

2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00

The creation of a robot chef represents a grand challenge for the field of robotics. Cooking is one of the most important activities that takes place in the home, and a robotic chef capable of following arbitrary recipes would have many applications in both household ...
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Robots and Cooking: Bakebot2021-11-08T15:22:19+00:00
7 10, 2015

Robots and Agriculture: Virtual Fences for Animals

2015-10-07T16:52:09+00:00

We wish to monitor and control the position of herd animals at fine granularity to improve he management of pastures and herds. In collaboration with Dean Anderson from the USDA we developed wearable devices for cattle. Each animal in the herd is given a smart ...
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Robots and Agriculture: Virtual Fences for Animals2015-10-07T16:52:09+00:00
7 10, 2015

Robots and Art: The Umbrella Project

2021-11-08T15:22:20+00:00

The Umbrella Project (UP) is a large-scape participatory experiment in which hundreds of participants light up the night’s sky. The participants use the color-changing umbrellas to create images that are projected in real time on a large screen, and use this feedback along with high-level ...
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Robots and Art: The Umbrella Project2021-11-08T15:22:20+00:00
7 10, 2015

Education Project: The Robot Garden

2021-11-08T15:22:20+00:00

Computational thinking is an important part of a modern education, and robotics provides a powerful tool for teaching programming logic in an interactive and engaging way. We are developing a robot garden: a distributed multi-robot system consisting of robot flowers, robot sheep, and robot ducks. ...
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Education Project: The Robot Garden2021-11-08T15:22:20+00:00
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