Fall 2024 Dean’s Welcome

Fall 2024 Dean’s Welcome

It is with great excitement and anticipation that I welcome our new and returning Penn Engineers to campus for the 2024-2025 academic year. I trust that everyone had a restful summer break and that you will all join me in my enthusiasm for the yet-to-be-discovered, the coming breakthroughs, and perhaps most importantly, the camaraderie of our community as we work together to address the grand challenges of our time.

Racing to the future

Racing to the future

For most engineering classes, the final day is reserved for an exam. It’s a way for students to test their understanding of the key concepts by putting pen to paper, solving complex problems by applying the formulas they spent months committing to memory.

Rahul Mangharam in the School of Engineering and Applied Science has a different approach: “I like to test their skills by making them race.”

University of Pennsylvania’s Cynthia Sung On How We Can Increase Girls’ Participation in Engineering and Robotics

University of Pennsylvania’s Cynthia Sung On How We Can Increase Girls’ Participation in Engineering and Robotics

Despite the growing importance of engineering and robotics in shaping our future, women remain significantly underrepresented in these fields. This series aims to explore and address the barriers that discourage girls from pursuing careers in engineering…

GRASP Lab Virtual Facility Tour

GRASP Lab Virtual Facility Tour

A virtual tour through our 21,000 square feet of research facilities.

Virtual GRASP Lab Demo Videos

Virtual GRASP Lab Demo Videos

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Dr. Ruzena Bajcsy and GRASP Alumni & Friends at ICRA@40! We hope you all are having a great time!!!

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Chris Stabile has defended his dissertation on Dynamically Tunable Adhesion and Friction via Active Materials under the guidance of @kevin_t_turner. 🎉

"The camaraderie is what I will remember most," says Stabile.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4dxPs3U

I'm co-organizing a CoRL Workshop on Differentiable Optimization, on Nov 9! We have a fantastic lineup of speakers @KelseyRAllen @YunzhuLiYZ @eric_heiden @yuvaltassa @FHKPetersen Emo Todorov, Hae-Won Park

Submit a short paper by Oct 15!

Seminars & Events


Seminars & Events

Recent Publications


S. Folk, J. Melton, B. W. L. Margolis, M. Yim and V. Kumar +

Publisher IEEE

Year 2024

Hongnan Lin, Xuanyou Liu, Shengsheng Jiang, Qi Wang, Ye Tao, Guanyun Wang, Wei Sun, Teng Han, Feng Tian +
GRASP Authors

Publisher Association for Computing Machinery

Year 2024

Yuezhan Tao, Xu Liu, Igor Spasojevic, Saurav Agarwal, and Vijay Kumar +

Publisher IEEE

Year 2024

Academics


The GRASP Laboratory incorporates a selective and rigorous robotics program for graduate and doctoral students that boasts a research-focused environment within a distinguished Ivy League university. GRASP students work and learn within an intellectual setting founded on the strength of its academic programs led by an expert faculty.

GRASP Lab by the Numbers


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Years Established

Years Established