Ithaca Sciencenter
27/04/2025: Come check out our interactive exhibit at Science Connections at the Ithaca Sciencenter 2-4pm April 27th. We will be showcasing the new Mollusca robot for filtering microplastics off the water surface, alongside hand-on activities to learn about microplastics and the snails that inspired the mechanism!
CERF 2025
29/04/2025: Catch up on our recent innovations on a snail-inspired robot for microplastics removal over two presentations by our collaborators at CERF 2025:
- MOLLUSCA I: Bioinspired Undulatory Robots for Microplastic Collection and Education, presented by Prof. Sunghwan Jung
- MOLLUSCA II: Autonomous Surface Robot Teams for Energy-Efficient Microplastic Recovery, presented by Prof. Maha Haji
2025 Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
29/04/2025: Congratulations to graduate student Lydia Calderón-Aceituno for being nominated to represent Cornell at the 2025 Institute on Teaching and Mentoring!
ICRA 2025
28/01/2025: Big congratulations to Sadie Cutler and Danna Ma for having their paper on Strain-Coordinated Formation, Migration, and Encapsulation Behaviors in a Tethered Robot Collective accepted to the IEEE Intl. Conference on Robotics and Automation!
Sadie Cutler’s defense
12/12/2024: Big congratulations to Sadie Cutler for successfully defending her thesis “An Examination of How Tethers Can Support Collaborative Behaviors in Multi-Robot Systems”!
Sadie will be joining as an engineer with the Naval Sea Systems Command in Spring 2025!
Robot Talk
10/01/25: Check out the recent Robot Talk podcast with Prof. Kirstin Petersen!
Jiahe Chen’s defense
10/12/2024: Big congratulations to Jiahe Chen for successfully defending his thesis on Error-Tolerant Decentralized Robotic Construction!
Robotics PhD
24/11/12: Very excited to announce the culmination of a multi-year effort – Cornell is now officially offering a Ph.D. in robotics!
ELI award
01/10/24: Big congratulations to CS senior Sabrina Liu for receiving a second ELI grant to further her work on flocking in swarms of simple robots!
IEEE Senior Member
08/07/2024: Associate Professor Kirstin Petersen is elevated to IEEE senior member, an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the profession.
