GRASP Industry Day Success Story Highlight: Harshil Parekh
November 4th, 2025
Helping robots work together to explore the Moon and Mars
School of Engineering and Applied Science Associate Professor Cynthia Sung leads a project that reimagines how unmanned extraterrestrial explorers navigate the Moon and Mars…
GRASP Lab 2025 Summer Internship Round-Up
Now that the Fall 2025 semester has started at Penn, current ROBO MSE and PhD students at GRASP might start thinking ahead to their plans next summer. When considering whether to apply for an internship…
Sunflower Spirals and Raspberry Beads: A Nature-Inspired Leap in Water Harvesting Technology
“A major focus of my lab’s work is water harvesting in eco-friendly ways,” says Yang, who also has an appointment in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. “While our fog collectors are great at pulling water…”
GRASP Lab Virtual Facility Tour
A virtual tour through our 21,000 square feet of research facilities.
Virtual GRASP Lab Demo Videos
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As LLMs advance, researchers are testing how they interact with the physical world. Prof. @pappasg69 (@ESEatPenn, @MEAM_Penn, @cis_penn) said, “LLMs can now instruct robots on tasks,” but true autonomy will require learning through real-world interaction. https://bit.ly/3WU1yi8
If you missed any of the GRASP Seminars that happened during the Fall Semester, we upload almost all of them on your YouTube channel! Check out the playlists:
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Fall 2025 GRASP SFI
The Fall 2025 GRASP SFI seminars playlist
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CONGRATULATIONS to GRASP Faculty member Dr. Antonio Loquercio (@antoniloq) on receiving the 2025 Mario Gerla Young Investigator Award!!!
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