Department news
Desingh Lab Unpacks First Spot Robot from Boston Dynamics
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Led by Assistant Professor Karthik Desingh, the Robotics: Perception and Manipulation (RPM) Lab plans to work with the Spot Robot to build intelligent capabilities for these and future robots so they can sense, perceive, reason, and learn to manipulate objects in order to perform tasks.
What would you do if you had 10, 1,000, or 10,000 robots?
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If you had a bunch of tasks to accomplish using robots, how many robots would you use? Professor Maria Gini's research group is addressing this question.
Celebrating two years of the Minnesota Robotics Institute
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Learn more about the M.S. in Robotics program at the University of Minnesota and the accomplishments of the first cohort of graduate students.
COVID-19 can't stop the Cowbot autonomous mower!
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The project is a collaboration between the West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC), The Toro Company, and CS&E's Robotic Sensor Networks Lab.
Building a brighter future with robotics
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From exploring shipwrecks to air-dropping supplies in a pandemic, CS&E faculty and students are designing robots for the 21st century.
Robotics faculty members awarded new research grants
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CS&E faculty and their collaborators through the Minnesota Robotics Institute (MnRI) have recently received research funding for a variety of projects.
Robots are taking over the COVID-19 clean-up job
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A Minnesota Robotics Institute team is developing a robot that uses virtual reality technology to clean areas potentially infected by SARS CoV-2 virus.
Robots versus COVID-19
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University of Minnesota Robotics students are working with CSE alumni and the Minnesota Robotics Institute to build a robot that monitors COVID-19 patients.
University of Minnesota to offer new master’s degree in robotics
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Unlike other similar master's programs in robotics, the new program is focused on real-world research and allows students to complete either a master's thesis or a capstone project in order to receive their degree.
University of Minnesota opens new robotics research labs
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Robotics research at the University of Minnesota received a big boost with the opening of new state-of-the-art robotics research labs.