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August 21, 2025

Tiny Fans on the Feet of Water Bugs Could Lead to Energy Efficient, Mini Robots

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A new study explains how tiny water bugs use fan-like propellers to zip across streams at speeds up to 120 body lengths per second

Graphic of person using an assistive device thinking about how a robot could hep learn riding a unicycle

August 8, 2025

Research Combining Humans, Robots, and Unicycles Receives NSF Award

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Novel research to improve tailored assistive and rehabilitative devices wins NSF Grant

July 16, 2025

Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer

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The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgia Tech and its partners $20 million to build a powerful new supercomputer that will use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.

July 15, 2025

Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer

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The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgia Tech and its partners $20 million to build a powerful new supercomputer that will use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific breakthroughs.

July 1, 2025

Georgia Tech Launches Two New Interdisciplinary Research Institutes

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By uniting experts across disciplines, Georgia Tech is positioning itself at the forefront of neuroscience and space research.

June 25, 2025

Tech Researchers Tabbed to Build AI Systems for Medical Robots in South Korea

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Georgia Tech researchers are collaborating with South Korean research institutes on a five-year grant to develop an AI-powered humanoid medical assistant to help doctors and nurses in South Korea.

June 11, 2025

Georgia Tech Team Takes Second Place at ICRA Robot Teleoperation Contest

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A Georgia Tech team earned second place in the ICRA Robot Teleoperation Contest for their EgoMimic algorithm, which allows robots to learn skills by mimicking human tasks from first-person video.

May 5, 2025

Bruce Walker Named Founding Director of New Center to Advance Human-AI-Robot Collaboration

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Georgia Tech’s new Center for Human-AI-Robot Teaming (CHART) looks to revolutionize the collaboration between humans, AI, and robots.

Michelle LaPlaca (left), associate chair for Faculty Development and professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering; W. Hong Yeo, Harris Saunders, Jr. Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.

April 18, 2025

Newly Named Children’s PTC at Georgia Tech Peterson Professorship Recipients Work to Improve the Lives of Kids in Georgia and Beyond

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Professors Michelle LaPlaca and W. Hong Yeo are recognized for their innovative contributions to pediatric healthcare research.

Man in a blue shirt posing behind a robot.

March 26, 2025

School of Physics Professor Dan Goldman Named AAAS Fellow

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Daniel Goldman has been honored as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society.

Georgia Tech Assistant Professor Glen Chou with the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy works through an equation on a transparent writing board.

March 4, 2025

Securing Tomorrow’s Autonomous Robots Today

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The Trustworthy Robotics Lab enables robots and autonomous systems to operate safely with humans while remaining resilient to real-world challenges.

Students test their code using a robot. Photos by Kevin Beasley/College of Computing

February 20, 2025

SCI Brings Robotics-Driven CS Education to SIGCSE 2025

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As advancements in generative AI reshape the field and students face an increasingly competitive internship market, Georgia Tech’s introductory computer science (CS) courses are evolving to emphasize hands-on, real-world applications.

Georgia Tech Ph.D. student Simar Kareer is revolutionizing how robots are trained.

February 19, 2025

New Algorithm Teaches Robots Through Human Perspective

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Inspired by a dataset created by Meta, a Georgia Tech Ph.D. student is bringing a new perspective to robotics training.

February 14, 2025

Securing Tomorrow’s Autonomous Robots Today

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Assistant Professor Glen Chou is leading research to ensure the security and safety of future autonomous robots, which could one day fight wildfires, explore space, and assist in critical environments like nuclear reactors and hospitals.

January 6, 2025

Gregory Sawicki to Serve as Interim Director of the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines

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Effective January 1st, Gregory Sawicki will serve as interim executive director of the Georgia Tech Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM).

December 18, 2024

Moving Assistive Mobility Forward with AI

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Data-driven controller enables real-time assistance modulation by accurately estimating both the user and the environment states.

A pair of Smarticle robots from the lab of Prof. Dan Goldman. Earlier research from his group observed the arise of order in active matter from the physics of low rattling. (Photo Credit: Christa M. Ernst)

October 21, 2024

Rattling Physics with New Math

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Understanding and predicting self-organization, especially in systems that are out of equilibrium, like living things, is an enduring goal of statistical physics.

October 21, 2024

Improving the Odds for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Georgia Tech biomedical engineer Yue Chen using NSF CAREER Award to develop MRI-safe surgical robot.

October 1, 2024

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Announces New Initiative Leads

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We hope that initiative leads will act as the “faculty face” of IRIM and communicate IRIM’s vision and activities to audiences both within and outside of Georgia Tech.

W. Hong Yeo is leading a $3 million NSF research training program to develop a new generation of engineers focused on creating sustainable medical devices.

August 30, 2024

$3 Million NSF Grant Will Support Training in Sustainable Medical Devices

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Georgia Tech researcher W. Hong Yeo has received a $3 million NSF grant to lead a multidisciplinary team in training graduate students to develop sustainable, biocompatible medical devices that address environmental impacts, aiming to establish best pract