News about the Michigan Robotics community

A roboticist presents in front of a group of students and parents during a summer camp activity with Arduinos.

Celebrating the Robotics Outreach Ambassadors of 2023

August 23, 2023

The Robotics Outreach Ambassadors of 2023 are celebrated for their dedication to outreach and community service.

A Digit robot stands in the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building

Michigan Robotics attends RSS 2023

June 30, 2023

Michigan roboticists will be presenting a total of nine papers at Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) in Daegu, Korea, from July 11 to July 14.

A roboticist presenting to a group of students.

Elliott Rouse earns Robotics Department Faculty Award

June 19, 2023

Rouse's work produces exceptional results from curriculum design to research.

A robotic exoskeleton.

2023 NSF GRFP Recipients of Michigan Robotics

March 31, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that two graduate students from Michigan Robotics have been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowships for 2023.

A roboticist presenting to a group of students.

ROB 102 team earns award for innovation in equity

March 31, 2023

Jana Pavlasek and Chad Jenkins have been awarded the Claudia Joan Alexander Trailblazer Award for their work as the ROB 102 team.

A student smiles with the iconic yellow staircase of the Robotics Building in the background.

Robotics Student Award Winners of 2023

March 29, 2023

The exceptional achievements of this year's award-winning students in academia and leadership have brought pride to the new Robotics Department.

Cynthia Chestek

Cindy Chestek inducted into the 2023 class of the AIMBE Fellows

March 27, 2023

Chestek’s pioneering contributions to neural engineering technologies and translation, as well as her passion for supporting women in engineering and science, were recognized by her peers and the College of Fellows.

A bust of Martin Luther King Jr. with text '2023 North Campus Deans' Martin Luther King Spirit Awards'

Robotics faculty and student awarded MLK Spirit Awards

January 17, 2023

Honoring efforts that exemplify the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the North Campus Deans presented Professors Jessy Grizzle and Leia Stirling and PhD student Yves Nazon with MLK Spirit Awards.

Illustrated robots playing

Welcome new Robotics faculty

December 6, 2022

We are proud to welcome the following to the University of Michigan: Jamie Berger, Mark Draelos, Greg Formosa, Xiaonan (Sean) Huang, Christoforos Mavrogiannis

Professor Dawn Tilbury presents Meghan Dailey with a gift.

The first Robotics Alumni Award winner

September 28, 2022

Meghan Dailey, one of the first Robotics graduate students, is the first Robotics Alumni Award winner.

Two hands work on small robot on a bench top.

First graduate recipients of the Ehrenberg Fellowship

September 27, 2022

Eight incoming Robotics master’s students received a scholarship award as recipients of the Roger Ehrenberg and Carin Levine Ehrenberg Fellowship.

Hardik Parwana gives drone flight lessons to a visiting Marygrove High School student.

The 2022 Robotics Outreach Ambassadors

August 26, 2022

Students are the largest part of our robotics community, and regularly take this task on in addition to their coursework, research, student instruction workloads.

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