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Robotic News
The Jacobs School Represents at San Diego Comic-Con
August 25, 2025
From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs School researchers took the stage at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Full Story
The Robot Will See You Now
July 9, 2025
As waiting rooms fill up, doctors get increasingly burnt out, and surgeries take longer to schedule and more get cancelled, humanoid surgical robots offer a solution. That’s the argument that UC San Diego robotics expert Michael Yip makes in a perspective piece out July 9 in Science Robotics. Full Story
A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking
April 9, 2025
This robotic gripper has two fingers made from measuring tape. It can pick up fragile objects, including fruits and veggies. It can also use a screwdriver, screw in a lightbulb and open a jar of spices. Full Story
Seminars
Jun 03, 2024
"Metric-Semantic Mapping and Task Planning for Autonomous Robots"
Monday, June 3rd @ 2pm PDT
Location: Franklin Antonio Hall (FAH) 4202 & Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Nikolay Atanasov
May 20, 2024
Sustainable 'Relationship' with Interactive Robots
Monday, May 20th @ 2pm PDT
Location: Zoom
Speaker: Dr. AJung Moon