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<p>James J. Hudgens will serve as the director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, effective September 2, 2019.</p>

The Georgia Institute of Technology has named James J. Hudgens to be the new director of the Georgia Tech…

<p>Graduate Research Assistant Gennaro Notomista shows the components of SlothBot on a cable in a Georgia Tech lab. The robot is designed to be slow and energy efficient for applications such as environmental monitoring. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)</p>

For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient can…

A closeup of Georgia Tech's iconic Tech Tower

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<p>Jaydev Desai</p>

Jaydev Desai, a professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University (BME) and director…

RoboJackets: Two Decades of Fostering Leadership in Robotics

Just before the start of this month’s 10th Annual National Robotics…

<p>These simple vibrating robots have weak magnetic interactions that encourage cohesion. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)</p>

Georgia Tech researchers have been awarded $6.25 million from the Department of Defense (DoD) to use collective emergent behavior to achieve task-…

Randall Matthews, emergency management coordinator for the Chatham Emergency Management Agency, shows a sensor used to measure sea and inland waterway levels.

A day-long workshop at the GTRI Conference Center in Midtown brought together local governments, government associations, industry, and academia…

<p>Image shows the view through the PR2’s cameras showing the environment around the robot. Clicking the yellow disc allows users the control the arm. (Credit: Phillip Grice, Georgia Tech)</p>

An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed…

<p>Magnus Egerstedt</p>

Magnus Egerstedt has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Egerstedt is being honored for his…

<p>A robotic car controlled by an ultra-low power hybrid chip is shown in an arena to demonstrate its ability to learn and collaborate with another robot. (Photo: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech)</p>

An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences…