Video from MAE 207: Bioinspired Mobile Robotics taught by nick gravish. The mostly masters students designed and built robots in just five weeks. They designed and laser cut most of the parts (other than the motors) from wood or acrylic. bit.ly/2JDZZkQ #UCSanDiegoRobotics

How do loons swim and turn underwater? pre-print out now! stay tuned for the final publication including stunning slow-mo videos. jeb.biologists.org/content/early/…

Signal boost for the work of my fantastic post-doc Glenna Clifton!

An insect-inspired collapsible wing hinge dampens collision-induced body rotation rates in a microrobot — Read the exciting #Interface study by Mountcastle et al. ow.ly/B6dV30nwICv

Soft #robots embedded with a flexible network of sensors tap into human-like #senses to increase self perception. Design by SantAnnaPisa UC San Diego scientists, featured in Science Robotics: fcld.ly/8xaq2ll

Amazing! Awesome to see Kaushik Jayaram demonstrating how cool microrobots can be!!

Prof. Chen Li (Chen Li) has received a 2019 Johns Hopkins University Catalyst Award for his work to create bio-inspired robots! He was also recently selected to present his research at the Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia, sponsored by National Academy of Sciences 👏 🔥

Due to rapidly escalating health concerns relating to the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the 2020 APS March Meeting in Denver, CO, has been canceled. Please do not travel to Denver to attend the March Meeting. More information will follow shortly. #apsmarch

Excited to have published my first PhD chapter! Oscillatory locomotion often requires deformation of materials that store and dissipate energy (i.e. tendons, apodemes, muscles). Most of the time, we think of these materials as exhibiting frequency-dependent behavior. (1/10)

Super excited to be hosting RoboSoft in San Diego next year. Come join us in 2024 for sun and robots!

IEEE RoboSoft 2024 (San Diego, USA April 14-17 2024) Call for Papers is now out! 🤖🥳 Theme: Soft robotics for exploration🌎🌕🌊 Paper Deadline: 15th Oct Workshop Deadline: 15th Nov Competitions: 15th Dec softroboticsconference.org

It feels surreal that this paper is finally out! Check out this great thread summarizing our work on the physics, physiology, and evolution of insect flight. So thankful to have been part of this amazing collaboration.

Paper submission deadline for RoboSoft 2024 coming up on Nov 1 2023! Looking forward to your submissions softroboticsconference.org Paper Submission Deadline: Nov 1 2023 Workshop/Tutorials Deadline: Nov 15 2023 Competition Deadline: Dec 15 2023 Conference: Apr 14-17 2024

Great article highlighting our upcoming IROS papers: jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_rele…

Photo taken from the International Space Station shows the border between South and North Korea. The link features more pictures of international borders taken from space: buff.ly/2BT9oxP

Great outreach experience today w/ "What Is A Scientist" program, teaching local students about the scientific process! Thanks to Glenna Clifton+Hilary Katz for organizing, SICB for support, and my co-presenters. More folks should join next year! @SICBtweets @ICB_tweets #SICB2018