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Senior Clinical Research Scientist in the School of Mechanical Engineering Ms. Kinsey Herrin

New IRIM Research Faculty and Senior Clinical Research Scientist in the School of Mechanical Engineering Ms. Kinsey Herrin has garnered her first…

When a swarm of smarticles is made to interact in a confined space, they form stunningly symmetric dances whose choreography emerges spontaneously from the physics of low rattling. (Credit: Thomas A. Berrueta)

Predicting when and how collections of particles, robots, or animals become orderly remains a challenge across science and engineering.

In…

Q&A: De'Aira Bryant Discusses Her Experience Programming a Robot for the Movie Superintelligence

De’Aira Bryant didn’t come to Georgia Tech to work in the movie industry. Her interests lie within the field of robotics, where…

Sehoon Ha Part of $500k Grant to Make Safer, More Deployable Robots

Safety is arguably the biggest barrier to large-scale deployability of humanoid assistive robots.

Large, heavy, and with the potential to…

Renowned Roboticist Departing Georgia Tech for New Position

After serving as chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing (IC) for three years, Ayanna Howard has accepted a…

<p>A team of researchers from The Ohio State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has extended the possibility of origami, the ancient art of paper folding, for modern engineering applications such as untethered robotics and morphing devices.</p>

A team of researchers from The Ohio State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has extended the possibility of origami, the ancient…

Welcome New IC Faculty: Seven Join School from Variety of Research Areas

Each year, the School of Interactive Computing conducts a rigorous search for the brightest minds to carry forward its academic and research…

Aaron Edsinger, CEO of Hello Robot, gives Stretch a test run.

Martinez, CA – After three years in stealth, Hello Robot is unveiling the Stretch Research Edition, a…

New AI Method Lets Robots Get By With a Little Help From Their Friends

New artificial intelligence (AI) research is using deep learning to improve the efficiency of communications between AI-enabled agents – like…

<p>SlothBot is a slow-moving and energy-efficient robot that can linger in the trees to monitor animals, plants, and the environment below. It has been installed for testing in the Atlanta Botanical Garden. (Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech)</p>

For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of…