The GRASP Lab Goes to ISER 2025

July 17th, 2025

The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing & Perception (GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania shared some recent work at the International Foundation of Robotics Research’s (IFRR’s) 19th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (ISER) that took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico from July 6th to 10th, 2025.

Below is a program of all GRASP involvement in ISER 2025:

Monday, July 7, 2025

9:15 AM

Field Robotics 1

Characterizing Robot-Ground Interactions for Autonomous Lunar Construction

Authors: Rachel Holladay*, Shivangi Misra, Mason Mitchell, Akshay Ram Panyam, Erica Pauline Santos, J. Diego Caporale, Shipeng Liu, Yifeng Zhang, John Ruck, Douglas Jerolmack, Feifei Qian, Mark Yim, Cynthia Sung

_{^{Rachel Holladay presenting Characterizing Robot-Ground Interactions for Autonomous Lunar Construction}}

11:30 AM

Field Robotics 1

Online Adaptation for Flying Quadrotors in Tight Formations

Authors: Pei-An Hsieh*, Kong Yao Chee, M. Ani Hsieh

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

1:30 PM

Panel Discussion: The Role of Experimental Robotics in a time of Generative AI

Moderator: Vijay Kumar

Panelists: Henrik Christensen, Oussama Khatib, Daniela Rus, Rachel Holladay, Kostas Bekris, and Philippe Bidaud

_{^{Dean Vijay Kumar (left) moderated the panel discussion “The Role of Experimental Robotics in a Time of Generative AI” at ISER 2025. Prof. Rachel Holladay (second from the left) was a panelist.}}

4:00 PM

Planning

Risk-aware MPC Planning for Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Authors: Frank Gonzalez*, Varun Murali, Fernando Cladera, Camillo Jose Taylor, Vijay Kumar

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

11:15 AM

Soft Robotics

Liebau Pumping Enables Valveless Swimmer Robot

Gabriel Unger*, Saheli Patel, Benjamin Kozyak, Jordan Raney, Cynthia Sung

_{^{Gabriel Unger presented Liebau Pumping Enables Valveless Soft Swimmer Robot.}}

Thursday, July 10, 2025

10:45 AM

Multi-Robot Systems

TRUSSES – Multi robot collaborative experimental platform

Akshay Ram Panyam*, Erica Pauline Santos, Rachel Holladay, Mason Mitchell, J. Diego Caporale, Shivangi Misra,
Cynthia Sung, Mark Yim

_{^{Akshay Ram Panyam presented TRUSSES – Multi robot collaborative experimental platform}}

Featured People

Robotics MSE '19, PhD, MEAM '24 - Postdoctoral Research Asssociate, University of Southern California

PhD, ESE '24 - Senior Defense Researcher, DSO National Laboratories

Fernando Cladera

Robotics MSE '19; PhD, CIS

Robotics MSE '25 - Aurora Flight Services

Rachel Holladay

Postdoctoral Researcher, MEAM (incoming GRASP Faculty - Fall 2025)

Deputy Director, GRASP Lab; Graduate Program Chair, ROBO; Associate Professor, MEAM

Robotics MSE '25; PhD ESE

Douglas Jerolmack

Professor, MEAM (SEAS) & Earth and Environmental Science (SAS)

Nemirovsky Family Dean, SEAS

Robotics MSE '20; PhD, ESE

PhD, CIS

PostDoc, MEAM

Akshay Ram Panyam

PhD, MEAM

Post Doc, ESE '19 - WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor, University of Southern California

Associate Professor, MEAM

Robotics MSE '25

Associate Professor, MEAM; Secondary faculty, CIS & ESE

Camillo J. Taylor

Associate Dean, Cora Ingrum Center (CIC) - SEAS; Raymond S Markowitz President’s Distinguished Professor, CIS

PhD, MEAM - MEAM MSE '20

Director, GRASP Lab; Faculty Director, Design Studio (Venture Labs); Asa Whitney Professor, MEAM

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