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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We would like to extend a BIG Thank you to @BerkshireGrey for sharing their robots with us! We are excited to start new projects and utilize our new bots in our Robotics Master's Program courses and GRASP research!

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We hope the BLI and PSSI outreach groups had a wonderful time touring the GRASP Lab!!
A BIG Thank you to the GRASP researchers for showcasing their research to the aspiring students!

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GRASP Lab researchers shared some recent work at the International Foundation of Robotics Research's 19th International Symposium!
Check out our program below!
https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/news/the-grasp-lab-goes-to-iser-2025/

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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

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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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