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Read what's been up recently, including:
• 5 new concentrations for the undergrad robotics
• An AI co-pilot for shipbuilders catching parts that don't fit
• Ankle exoskeletons that drop joint torque 19%
• A robotics lapel pin took a quick trip to space
& a lot more!
ALT Text: "An exoskeleton that cuts ankle torque 19%, an AI co-pilot for shipbuilders, and 5 new concentrations for robotics majors, plus a robotics lapel pin's quick trip to space. Michigan Robotics Newsletter. umrobotics.substack.com."
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An earthworm-inspired robot to inspect complex pipelines.
“The design of the anchors allows the robot to move easily across pipes of varying diameters, as well as make turns, where a more rigid robot might be unable to maneuver,” said Zexiong Chen.
Meet SPPIRO.
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The paper, “SPPIRO: a Soft, Power-autonomous, Proprioceptive In-pipe Robot for adaptive inspection in complex pipeline environments,” was published in npj Robotics.
Authors include Zexiong Chen, Xinqi Zhang, Jiaqi Wang, and Xiaonan Huang.
Read more:
robotics.umich.edu/news/2026…
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Read what's been up recently, including:
• 5 new concentrations for the undergrad robotics
• An AI co-pilot for shipbuilders catching parts that don't fit
• Ankle exoskeletons that drop joint torque 19%
• A robotics lapel pin took a quick trip to space
& a lot more!
ALT Text: "An exoskeleton that cuts ankle torque 19%, an AI co-pilot for shipbuilders, and 5 new concentrations for robotics majors, plus a robotics lapel pin's quick trip to space. Michigan Robotics Newsletter. umrobotics.substack.com."
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Exploring graduate school? Perhaps in... robotics?
Get info from a webinar on June 9 at 1pm.
Learn about U-M Engineering grad programs, the application process, admissions requirements, deadlines, funding opportunities, and get your questions answered during a live Q&A session.
ALT Text: Explore Michigan Engineering graduate degree programs. June 9, 2026, 1pm EST Virtual. Learn about U-M College of Engineering graduate programs, the application process, admissions requirements, deadlines, funding opportunities, and get your questions answered during a live Q&A session.
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Register: umich.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Can't make June 9? Check out other sessions:
grad.engin.umich.edu/admissi…
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
Hello @ieee_ras_icra ! We (@fluentrobotics) are in Vienna to present our new #ICRA2026 dataset paper Bi^3 to support research in social navigation, human motion prediction, and human-robot interaction.
youtu.be/z55M_um_7fQ?si=UbHk… via @YouTube
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
What sets physical robots apart from AI like ChatGPT? We explore the validity of virtual robots in HRI research in our Science Robotics paper. Huge congrats to Connor and Xin! Check out the article and full paper below
@umsi @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
May 23
I got promoted to Associate Prof with tenure. I'm proud and grateful to have known and worked with my students, mentors, and colleagues; and special thanks to my family.
I also joined @ToyotaResearch as Staff ML Engineer to work on interpretable AI and e2e autonomy. Excited...
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ROB 550 Competition: MBot vs MBot... vs. MBot..
This is the class on fundamentals for robotics graduate students: sensing, reasoning, and acting.
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
We propose a data-driven algorithm constructing sets guaranteed to contain future robot configurations at a user-defined probability, despite aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty. More details on this RAL publication below! w/ @TheLuisMarques @GhaffariMaani @UMRobotics
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
📰In our new IEEE RA-L paper (also to appear @ieeeiros), led by my fantastic PhD student, Jeeho Ahn, we introduce ReloPush-BOSS, a planning framework for rearranging cluttered workspaces using a mobile robot pusher.
project page: fluentrobotics.com/relopushb…
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Apr 15
"This major is for builders."
Third-year undergrad Yulei Fu on what it's actually like to major in Robotics at @UMich, in a conversation with Professor Jessy Grizzle.
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
Apr 7
Mistakes! Mistakes! Mistakes!
Physical AI assistants today can tell you "that's wrong"—but not *what* went wrong, *when* it became irreversible, or *where* in the frame the mistake lives. That's like a teacher who only marks an X on your paper without any explanation. Check out our new CVPR 2026 paper the enriches this problem with new data, new challenges, and a new model!
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.20525
🌐 Project page: yayuanli.github.io/MATT/
💻 Code: github.com/yayuanli/MATT
🤗 Dataset and Weights: huggingface.co/mistakeattrib…
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
Great news article on our new research project on secure human-AI teams!
@umsi @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics @UTKnoxville @UTK_TCE
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
Our #HRI2026 late-breaking report looks at how to generate legible robot motion in pedestrian environments, specifically focusing on 2 Qs:
🔸what should a robot be legible over?
🔸how does human distraction impact the benefits of legibility?
@fluentrobotics
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Mar 18
Having trouble concentrating?
Not in Robotics.
Five new undergraduate robotics concentrations, coming this fall.
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Michigan Robotics retweeted
Congratulations to Xin Ye! Our paper on promoting cooperation with security robots through fairness and value alignment is being presented today at #HRI2026
@ieeeras @HRI_Conference @umsi @UMRobotics @UMich @BlackInRobotics @iKnightscope
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