Rob Ghrist: The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician

Rob Ghrist: The soul of an artist, the mind of a mathematician

The art is both real and not real—a digital representation of an abstract concept—minted on the blockchain and hosted in an online, video-game-like platform by Robert Ghrist, the Andrea Mitchell University Professor of Mathematics and Electrical & Systems Engineering.

Microrobots Navigate Diverse Oral Environments to Deliver Therapies

Microrobots Navigate Diverse Oral Environments to Deliver Therapies

The team’s 2024 paper, published in Advanced Healthcare Materials, describes their new platform that integrates nanozyme-shelled microrobots, made using microfluidics templates that combine individual iron oxide and silica nanoparticles into 100-µm microcapsules roughly…

2025 John A. Goff Prize Recipients

2025 John A. Goff Prize Recipients

The annual John A. Goff Prize recognizes outstanding graduate students in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM), chosen by faculty based on their scholarship, resourcefulness, and leadership. This year, MEAM proudly celebrates two recipients…

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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Check out this article written by GRASP's own Jillian Mallon of all the achievements GRASP students have received over the Spring semester!

https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/news/2025-grasp-phd-award-round-up/

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPAwards #StudentAwards

Congratulations to Dean @Vijay_r_Kumar on winning the @RoboticsSciSys #TestofTimeAward2025, as a co-author of the paper "Cooperative Manipulation and Transportation with Aerial Robots," which shows how a team of flying robots work together using cables to maneuver an object…

The GRASP Lab held its first ever Volunteer Awards Ceremony!
Check out this article about the event written by GRASP's own Jillian Mallon!
https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/news/grasp-holds-its-first-volunteer-awards-ceremony/

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPArticle #GRASPAwardCeremony

Seminars & Events


Seminars & Events

Recent Publications


Anish Bhattacharya, Nishanth Rao, Dhruv Parikh, Pratik Kunapuli, Yuwei Wu, Yuezhan Tao, Nikolai Matni, Vijay Kumar +

Publisher ICRA

Year 2025

Gabriel Unger, Sridhar Shenoy, Tianyu Li, Nadia Figueroa, Cynthia Sung +

Publisher ICRA

Year 2025

Guiqiu Liao, Matjaz Jogan, Marcel Hussing, Kenta Nakahashi, Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Amin Madani, Eric Eaton, Daniel A. Hashimoto +

Publisher arXiv

Year 2025

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.

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