News – Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab

AURO

17/11/2025: Big congratulations to Jiahe Chen for having his article on “2D construction planning for swarms of simple earthmover robots” published in the journal of Autonomous Robots.

30/10/2025: Sincere thanks to University of Hawai’i at Mānoa for hosting Prof. Kirstin Petersen as a visitng professor November-December 2025. This time will be spent finding new collaborations related to robot monitoring and management in freshwater ecosystems.

2030 Fast Grant

11/11/2025: We are excited to announce that the CEI-lab was chosen as one of eight projects funded by the Cornell Atkinson Center for 2030 Project Fast Grants. The funding will support integration of eDNA samplers on autonomous robot boats.

Southwest Robotics Colloquium

31/10/2025: Join us for Prof. Kirstin Petersen’s seminar on bio-inspired robotics at the Southwest Robotics Colloquium 2025 at Arizona State University.

Atkinson Center for Sustainability

15/10/2025: Prof. Kirstin Petersen was invited to join the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Faculty Fellows in recognition of her work on sustainability research.

Soft Matter Seminar

10/09/2025: Please join us at the Soft Matter Seminar at Cornell, Olin Hall 125 12-1pm, as Prof Petersen presents a sneak peak into recent innovations from the CEI-lab.

Cornell MAE Colloquium

02/09/2025: Join us as Prof. Petersen presents work from the Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab at the Cornell MAE Colloquium, Sept 2nd 1:30pm in Kimball B11.

Ma Defends

19/07/2025: Huge congratulations to Danna Ma for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis on Harnessing Physical Intelligence for Collective Motion in Robotic Matter.

IROS 2025

16/06/2025: Big congratulations to M.Eng. team Zhongming Huang, Hongyu Yao, Haocheng Peng, and Shih-ming Lin for having their paper on “Robust Robotic Assembly of Reusable, Rectangular Blocks” accepted to the 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

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!

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