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Video ItemUndergraduate research project focuses on multi-robot systems in construction , video
The multidisciplinary research team is using unmanned aerial and ground vehicles on construction sites to find a way to perform real-time inspections for the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP). The plan is required by the EPA to prevent storm water pollution. The goal is remove the inspectors of construction sites from hazardous situations during SWPPP inspections
Date: Apr 30, 2024 -
Article ItemExperts explain how AI is supercharging innovation , article
Rapid moving advances in artificial intelligence have stirred controversy and debate, but they have all raised enticing prospects for supercharged technological innovation. Researchers at Virginia Tech who are exploring these frontiers can offer previews of the potential positive developments that could derive from AI.
Date: Mar 22, 2024 -
Article ItemDylan Losey receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to build assistive AI , article
Losey leads a team that has explored the possibilities of human-robot interaction, and now he will expand that research to develop robots that understand — and are understood by — their everyday users.
Date: Feb 27, 2024 -
Article ItemInventor profile: Oumar Barry , article
Barry's research aims to create novel analysis, design, and control techniques for the discovery of emerging technologies with applications in smart grid, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing.
Date: Feb 26, 2024 -
Video ItemExploring the potential of robotics with VT CRO , video
The Competitive Robotics Organization at VT is a student-run club made up of multiple engineering and support teams. With help from their main sponsor, Boeing, VT CRO allows students to design and build robots using emerging technology.
Date: Feb 22, 2024 -
Article ItemInternational work puts robot avatars on the move , article
Graduate student Connor Herron went from Blacksburg to Genoa, Italy, to lend a hand in making a better system for long-range, remotely controlled robots that walk on two legs.
Date: Feb 21, 2024 -
Video ItemUniversity Libraries hosts innovative animatronics course , video
Utilizing the resources of the University Libraries' Studios Network, Virginia Tech introduced a new animatronics course in the fall of 2023. Students gained hands-on experience building sophisticated robotic creations capable of lifelike movement under the guidance of Visual Arts professor Thomas Tucker. The Prototyping Studio, packed with 3D printers and hardware tools, enabled students to bring their animatronic designs to life.
Date: Jan 10, 2024 -
Article ItemOrigami-inspired robotic plants grow with their environment , article
Researchers at Virginia Tech and Clemson collaborate to produce robotic sensors that mimic the characteristics of plants for optimal environmental monitoring.
Date: Jan 04, 2024 -
Video ItemPlant-mimicking robots use the art of origami , video
Suyi Li, associate professor in Mechanical Engineering, is collaborating on a project that will produce robotics that mimic plants to work in the field. Dr. Li is collaborating with Clemson professor Ian Walker. Their work is being advanced thanks to a 4-year, $840,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Date: Dec 14, 2023 -
Article ItemClass of 2023: Hayley Wisman seeks to help others through robotics , article
After graduating from the computer engineering program, Wisman will continue her education by getting a master's degree and working with the Assistive Robotics Lab.
Date: Dec 12, 2023 -
Video ItemRobots collaborating with humans , video
Soheil Habibian, a Ph.D. Candidate in the College of Engineering, is collaborating with a group from Purdue University to develop algorithms that allow robots to interact with humans. "By 'interaction,' I mean learn from humans, learn how to collaborate with humans," said Habibian. "If we make robots more intelligent, they would be able to understand the human, and to be understood by the human."
Date: Nov 13, 2023 -
Video ItemRobotics program puts real-world STEM in the hands of Alexandria middle schoolers , video
Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus partnered with College of Engineering undergraduate and graduate students and faculty to provide a Red Rover Robotics Program to middle schoolers in Alexandria City Public Schools.
Date: Mar 14, 2023 -
Article ItemMichael Bartlett receives NSF CAREER award to study soft composite manufacturing , article
Bartlett, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, will use the $590,600 National Science Foundation CAREER award to research and understand new strategies for manufacturing liquid metal-based soft composites.
Date: Feb 28, 2023 -
Video ItemAfter-school program blends arts and robotics to spark students' interest in STEAM education , video
Virginia Tech researchers Koeun Choi and Myounghoon Jeon are introducing students at Eastern Montgomery Elementary School to various robotics theories through creative outlets such as music and dance. The thirteen week after-school program will culminate in a theater performance featuring robots programmed by the students.
Date: Nov 07, 2022 -
Article ItemAfghan student Ayda Haydarpour finds a sense of purpose at Virginia Tech , article
Haydarpour, part of the all-girls robotics team Afghan Dreamers, has always dreamed big. Her road to Virginia Tech to study computer science did not always seem possible. She hopes to return to her country and open a STEM-based school where she will teach and mentor students.
Date: Oct 05, 2022 -
Video ItemDeveloping autonomous underwater robots for varied applications , video
Faculty and graduate students are developing teams of underwater robots to autonomously work together, to solve problems primarily in applications in survey and search.
Date: Sep 08, 2022 -
Article ItemCasting for data on microplastics in the ocean , article
With the new Seale Coastal Zone Observatory, Robert Weiss, a professor of geosciences, aims to model the present and future effects of microplastics on the marine environment and its life.
Date: Sep 02, 2022 -
Article ItemAlan Asbeck receives NSF CAREER award to create new type of lower-body exoskeleton , article
Asbeck, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his team will study the way people walk and adapt to exoskeleton assistance.
Date: May 19, 2022 -
Article ItemElla Atkins appointed head of the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering , article
Atkins joins Virginia Tech from the University of Michigan, where she held the position of professor in aerospace engineering. Her research portfolio integrates artificial intelligence and robotics into aerospace applications and autonomous systems.
Date: May 13, 2022 -
Article ItemFralin Life Sciences Institute supports high school student’s vision of robotics education , article
With the help of the Education and Outreach Division of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, high school student John Button has assembled an after-school class that introduces middle school students to robotics specifically to help the environment.
Date: Apr 01, 2022
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