Two Penn Engineers Receive Kaufman Foundation Grants
November 14th, 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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GRASP Faculty Dr. Antonio Loquercio's (@antoniloq) new course, Physical Intelligence, spent the semester training drones to race using reinforcement learning.
The finals concluded with a 13 team drone race!
Congratulations to the winners: Wenjing Mao and Yufeiyang Gao!
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Penn Engineering hosted “Responsive Materials Meet Intelligence,” a workshop led by @MSEatPenn and supported by @NSF that highlighted new advances in adaptive, smart materials.
Shu Yang shared how geometric, nature-inspired design can strengthen materials, reduce waste, and…
With the Semester wrapping up, the GRASP Lab seminars will being again in the Spring Semester. Fall Seminars were uploaded to the GRASP Lab Youtube channel!
Links below!
GRASP on Robotics:
GRASP SFI:
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Fall 2025 GRASP SFI
The Fall 2025 GRASP SFI seminars playlist
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