Two Penn faculty elected American Physical Society Fellows
October 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.
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STARTING SOON! Join us for the GRASP on Robotics seminar featuring Dr. @parastooabtahi who will be presenting. "When Robots Disappear – From Haptic Illusions in VR to Object-Oriented Interactions in AR" from 10:30AM-11:45AM!
More info:
https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/fall-2025-grasp-on-robotics-parastoo-abtahi/
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STARTING SOON! The GRASP SFI featuring Rao Fu who will be presenting "From Words to Worlds: Bridging Linguistic and Spatial Physical Intelligence" from 3pm-4pm TODAY!!!
More info:
https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/events/fall-2025-grasp-sfi-rao-fu/
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@PennEngineers participated in the inaugural Penn AI Symposium, a two-day event focused on the future of AI at Penn. The program included updates on Penn AI’s mission and strategic plan, with sessions spanning AI for science, health, society, business and education.
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