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2025 MnRI Seed Grants Announced
MnRI is glad to announce six new seed grants. The objective of the seed grants program is to help lay the foundation for future large projects of transformative impact.
Biological and artificial neural networks for mapping observations to latent causes
Our brains are locked inside dark and silent skulls. They do not have direct access to environmental objects or events. Instead, based on noisy, incomplete, and often ambiguous sensory evidence, they
Advancing Efficient and Trustworthy AI for Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Behind Current AI Systems: Data Crime and Trust Crisis AI’s current success and future impacts cannot be overstated. AI has already touched many corners of our daily lives. AI has been a designated
Spring 2025 Director Updates
As we enter 2025, we proudly reflect on an incredible year of innovation at the Minnesota Robotics Institute. In 2024, our robotics family achieved significant milestones in research areas, the
University of Minnesota Professor Maria Gini- receives nation’s highest award for science and mathematics mentors
The White House honored University of Minnesota Professor Maria Gini with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.
Teaching a robot dog new tricks
Meet "OmniAgrobot," a robot dog helping to track down problematic plant diseases in the field. Ce Yang (BBE) and her team of students in the Agricultural Robotics Lab are working to develop
Affordable Statewide Tracking of Forestry Fragmentation and Degradation
PI: Rui Cheng, Co-Is: Youbing Wang, Keith Pelletier
Recommended funding amount $331,000
Disembodied Robots (Conversational Agents) in Health Care
The Cognitive Artificial Intelligence Research laboratory is dedicated to understanding how to effectively and safely integrate conversational agents into healthcare applications.
Fall 2024 Director Updates
As we move into summer, we want to highlight the accomplishments of our MS in Robotics students. Congratulations to the 2024 University of Minnesota and Minnesota Robotics Institute MS in Robotics
Day Camp Collaboration with Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department
Ozobots and Simple Circuits activities were a hit at the MnRI Day Camp, which was organized in collaboration with the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department.