Press Clips
2022 Press Releases
Elon Musk?s Half-Baked Robot Is a Clunky First Step
WIRED | October 3, 2022
Quotes Henrik Christensen, director of the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute. Full Story
Experts? judgment on the much-hyped Tesla Bot: Elon Musk speedruns robotics 101
The Verge | October 3, 2022
Quotes Henrik Christensen, director of the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute. Full Story
Bioinspired robots walk, swim, slither and fly
Nature | September 29, 2022
Includes the work of Michael Tolley, a professor with the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute and a mechanical engineer. Full Story
Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez Wants to Strengthen the Grid
WIRED | September 29, 2022
The UC San Diego researcher spoke at RE:WIRED Green about ways to use advanced control theory and machine learning to maximize sustainable energy sources. Full Story
Walking for multi-legged creatures is a lot like slithering
Cosmos Magazine | September 12, 2022
By studying several colonies of Argentine ants and multi-legged robots using a computer algorithm, researchers have found that walking (for many-legged creatures) is actually a lot like slithering. They discovered a new mathematical relationship between walking, skipping, slithering, and swimming in viscous fluids, for multi-legged animals and robots. Full Story