robotics
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‘Sumo robots’ do battle
First-year engineering students designed autonomous “sumo robots” that faced off in a friendly competition Friday as part of an innovative new pilot course.
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Three distinct careers, one definitive goal
At the first event in the 2014-15 Women Who Inspire speaker series, three business leaders discussed their career paths and shared insight into how businesswomen…
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Students build community through robotics engineering
Nutrons 125, Northeastern’s robotic engineering student club, offers area high school students the chance to design, build, and test a robot in competitions around the…
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The wonder of human movement
Northeastern professor Dagmar Sternad received the 50th annual Robert D. Klein University Lecturer Award on Tuesday and discussed her interdisciplinary research on how the brain…
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Robotic inspectors on disaster duty
Jerry Hajjar, professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is helping to design an autonomous low-flying vehicle capable of understanding and…
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Deep water data
Two new faculty based at the Marine Science Center are harvesting data from the ocean to understand how global change has impacted its ecosystems and…
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Social robots see smell
Ryan Myers built the electrohydrodynamic jet printer and optimized it for the Ayers’ lab’s specific needs. Photo by Brooks Canaday.
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For entrepreneurs, robotics holds new opportunities
Robots that can perform tasks that save time or money can provide new opportunities for entrepreneurs.
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3Qs: Controlling a robot from another planet
Marsette Vona, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science, explains the challenges of controlling a Martian rover.
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Alumni have their hands in space
Megan Richardson and Liz Duffy in front of the Vehicle System Test Bed, a copy of the Curiosity rover currently on…
