A Robot on a Mission
Making the most efficient energy-absorbing material ever.
Made of Paper Towel Tubes, This Robotic Arm Teaches STEM While Playing Chess
Students’ prize-winning project is a fun, tactile way to teach kids about computer science and mathematics.
What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission
An automated wet lab built by biomedical and electrical & computer engineers is opening up its facilities to researchers from across BU.
Lifting Up Leaders
Robotics students earn Amazon Day One Fellowships This fall, two Boston University College of Engineering graduate students arrived on campus as Amazon Day One Fellows, gaining mentorship, internship and career opportunities as part of a program aimed at boosting both the diversity and the quality of the robotics engineering workforce. Asbel Fontanez (ENG’22) and Priscila […]
ENG Awarded MassTech Grant to Build Robotics Lab
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative has awarded a $4.4 million grant to the College of Engineering to construct a new robotics lab focusing on graduate education at the master’s degree level. Boston University is contributing another $4.4 million, bringing the overall investment to $8.8 million over three years. The grant will fund the development of the Robotics & Autonomous Systems Teaching & Innovation Center (RASTIC), a hands-on robotics teaching facility that is expected to complement the College’s master’s degree program in Robotics & Autonomous Systems and enhance robotics capstone experiences for undergraduate students.
Assistive Technologies
Teaching robots to cook.
Smart Vehicles
Advancing smart drones and cars.
Strength in Numbers: Robots Learn to Work Together
Agriculture. Automotive. Medicine. Biotechnology. Name an industry, and Professor Calin Belta (ME, SE, ECE) can tell you how the field of robotics will impact it—if it hasn’t already.