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Keep up with the latest Michigan Robotics news through our newsletter on Substack! The latest includes: - designing robot characters for kid's eye exams - can robots take over security - how business can be more efficient with open-source AI Read: umrobotics.substack.com/p/the-stranges…

UMRobotics's tweet image. Keep up with the latest Michigan Robotics news through our newsletter on Substack!

The latest includes:
- designing robot characters for kid's eye exams
- can robots take over security
- how business can be more efficient with open-source AI

Read:
umrobotics.substack.com/p/the-stranges…

HIRING: Unit Administrator The Robotics Unit Administrator manages the administrative operations of the new and growing Robotics Department at the University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI Salary: $120k - $145k careers.umich.edu/job_detail/271…

UMRobotics's tweet image. HIRING: Unit Administrator

The Robotics Unit Administrator manages the administrative operations of the new and growing Robotics Department at the University of Michigan.

Ann Arbor, MI
Salary: $120k - $145k

careers.umich.edu/job_detail/271…

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Developed a user interface for controlling all 9 motors in my micro-robot array. [ UI ] → [ HTTP API ] → [ MotorController ] → [ SerialPort ] → [ Arduino ] → [ PCA9685 ] → [ Motors ] A simple frontend lets me control speed and direction for each motor, backed by a…

AshrithEd's tweet image. Developed a user interface for controlling all 9 motors in my micro-robot array.

[ UI ] → [ HTTP API ] → [ MotorController ] → [ SerialPort ] → [ Arduino ] → [ PCA9685 ] → [ Motors ]

A simple frontend lets me control speed and direction for each motor, backed by a…
AshrithEd's tweet image. Developed a user interface for controlling all 9 motors in my micro-robot array.

[ UI ] → [ HTTP API ] → [ MotorController ] → [ SerialPort ] → [ Arduino ] → [ PCA9685 ] → [ Motors ]

A simple frontend lets me control speed and direction for each motor, backed by a…
AshrithEd's tweet image. Developed a user interface for controlling all 9 motors in my micro-robot array.

[ UI ] → [ HTTP API ] → [ MotorController ] → [ SerialPort ] → [ Arduino ] → [ PCA9685 ] → [ Motors ]

A simple frontend lets me control speed and direction for each motor, backed by a…

In Ann Arbor on November 14, 21, or December 5? Come for a free tour of the Robotics Building! Sign up: tours.robotics.umich.edu/signup

UMRobotics's tweet image. In Ann Arbor on November 14, 21, or December 5? 

Come for a free tour of the Robotics Building!

Sign up:
tours.robotics.umich.edu/signup

You might remember when you had to find your way without GPS navigation in your pocket. Unfortunately, rovers on other planets deal with this every day. Now, ground penetrating radar can help these rovers find out where they are going more accurately: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/mars…

UMRobotics's tweet image. You might remember when you had to find your way without GPS navigation in your pocket.

Unfortunately, rovers on other planets deal with this every day.

Now, ground penetrating radar can help these rovers find out where they are going more accurately: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/mars…

Michigan Robotics reposted

🚘 How can we help passengers understand #AI-driven decisions in #AutonomousVehicles? New research at #CSCW2025 explores how #interactive, text-based explanations boost user comprehension of AV behavior. Somayeh Molaei, @lionelrobertjr, @NikolaBanovic programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/prog…


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Quoted (Oct 20, 2025) in the news story "Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines" by Michael Beltran in Rest of World. @umsi @ieee_ras_icra @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics @HRI_Conference #Robotics restofworld.org/2025/philippin…


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Great job!! #HFES2025 #ASPIRE

lionelrobertjr's tweet image. Great job!! #HFES2025 #ASPIRE

Michigan Robotics reposted

#HFES2025@XinYe_Eva⁩ ⁦@umsi⁩ ⁦@UMRobotics⁩ Great Presentation!

lionelrobertjr's tweet image. #HFES2025 ⁦@XinYe_Eva⁩ ⁦@umsi⁩ ⁦@UMRobotics⁩ Great Presentation!

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🤖 We investigated how #artists experience their relationship with a #robot during a collaborative artistic creation 🪩 Eight professional abstract artists collaboratively painted with another human artist, and then with a robot 🗞️ lnkd.in/dpHSQtpG @FCocchella @UMRobotics

p_alvesoliveira's tweet image. 🤖 We investigated how #artists experience their relationship with a #robot during a collaborative artistic creation
🪩 Eight professional abstract artists collaboratively painted with another human artist, and then with a robot
🗞️ lnkd.in/dpHSQtpG @FCocchella @UMRobotics

Congrats to Jing Xiao on earning the Robotics Alumni Merit Award! Xiao is an alum of the retired Computer Information and Control Engineering (CICE) program at UM and now leads the Department of Robotics Engineering at @WPI. Watch Xiao's award lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=PsqZTA…

UMRobotics's tweet image. Congrats to Jing Xiao on earning the Robotics Alumni Merit Award!

Xiao is an alum of the retired Computer Information and Control Engineering (CICE) program at UM and now leads the Department of Robotics Engineering at @WPI.

Watch Xiao's award lecture:
youtube.com/watch?v=PsqZTA…

"Rather than picking at delicate membranes on the retina... surgeons can walk across the surface of the retina in a 3D reconstruction and rake up these membranes, like they are raking leaves," says Dr. Mark Draelos. Read: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/drae…


Michigan Robotics reposted

Check out open tenure-track and tenured faculty positions in #robotics, human-centered #AI, and AI education @UMRobotics @umsi @UMich !

We're hiring faculty. Join us and create the next generation of robotics and roboticists for the benefit of society. robotics.umich.edu/jobs

UMRobotics's tweet image. We're hiring faculty.

Join us and create the next generation of robotics and roboticists for the benefit of society.

robotics.umich.edu/jobs


We're hiring faculty. Join us and create the next generation of robotics and roboticists for the benefit of society. robotics.umich.edu/jobs

UMRobotics's tweet image. We're hiring faculty.

Join us and create the next generation of robotics and roboticists for the benefit of society.

robotics.umich.edu/jobs

Michigan Robotics reposted

🆕 #openaccess paper! Adaptive #ergodicsearch with #energyawarescheduling for persistent multi-robot missions by Kaleb Ben Naveed, Devansh R. Agrawal, Rahul Kumar & Dimitra Panagou 🔓bit.ly/4mDfBmo @UMRobotics @MichiganAero

AUROblog's tweet image. 🆕 #openaccess paper!
Adaptive #ergodicsearch with #energyawarescheduling for persistent multi-robot missions by Kaleb Ben Naveed, Devansh R. Agrawal, Rahul Kumar & Dimitra Panagou
🔓bit.ly/4mDfBmo
@UMRobotics @MichiganAero

Michigan Robotics reposted

Congratulations to Annette Masterson, Ph.D., and Samia Cornelius Bhatti on our recent acceptance of our ICIS 2025 short paper titled 'Managing Robots and People. @umsi @BlackInRobotics @UMRobotics @ieeeroman @ieee_ras_icra dx.doi.org/10.7302/27404


2025 Robotics Outreach Ambassadors! These individuals... • mentored FIRST Robotics teams • worked with Girl Scouts to help them earn merit badges • conducted tours of the buildings, labs, and of their robotics research and so much more. Read: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/robo…

robotics.umich.edu

Robotics Outreach Ambassadors of 2025

Celebrating Michigan Robotics students who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to outreach and community engagement in advancing robotics.


This origami soft climbing robot can carry payloads twice its weight up walls. Read more: robotics.umich.edu/news/2025/spar…


Michigan Robotics reposted

A multidisciplinary team of researchers has received Bold Challenges Boost funding from OVPR for a project focused on developing an autonomous laboratory. 👉🔗 Learn more: me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/ne… @UMRobotics #umich #umichengin #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter #MechanicalEngineering

umichme's tweet image. A multidisciplinary team of researchers has received Bold Challenges Boost funding from OVPR for a project focused on developing an autonomous laboratory.

👉🔗 Learn more: me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/ne…
@UMRobotics 

#umich #umichengin #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter #MechanicalEngineering
umichme's tweet image. A multidisciplinary team of researchers has received Bold Challenges Boost funding from OVPR for a project focused on developing an autonomous laboratory.

👉🔗 Learn more: me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/ne…
@UMRobotics 

#umich #umichengin #MakeTheWorldWorkBetter #MechanicalEngineering

Michigan Robotics reposted

Congratulations to @kwameporterrob1 on this insightful paper, which critically examines the impacts of automation and mass production while proposing an alternative through community-based economies. @ieeeroman @BlackInRobotics @roneglash @guzdial tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…


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