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When robots touch the world
Robotic hand playing a piano.

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When robots touch the world

Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa discusses robotics in the age of artificial intelligence, the ambulatory genius of toddlers, navigating the unfamiliar and the elegance of not learning everything.

From Penn Engineering Today

The next generation of tiny batteries
Multicolored used electric batteries view from above.

Photo credit: iStock Photo / Olga Shestakova

The next generation of tiny batteries

Assistant professor James Pikul speaks to the growth of interconnected devices and the robotics industry—leading to emerging designs and novel research unlocking the potential for smaller, more powerful batteries
The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition
Valery Yakubovich

Valery Yakubovich, executive director of the Mack Institute. (Image: James Blocker)

The Y-Prize: Elevating collaboration and innovation in competition

Y-Prize is a competition that sees Penn students working together across schools and disciplines, and directly applying what they’ve learned in classes and real life.

Dee Patel

For ‘spirit of innovation,’ three from Penn named National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Penn faculty Vijay Kumar, Katalin Kariko, and Drew Weissman

Vijay Kumar of Penn Engineering and Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, recognizing their contributions to inventions that have made a meaningful impact on society. (Images: Penn Engineering/Penn Medicine)

For ‘spirit of innovation,’ three from Penn named National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Vijay Kumar of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman of the Perelman School of Medicine were honored with the recognition.

Katherine Unger Baillie , Nathi Magubane , Alex Gardner

Artists and Penn Ph.D.s collabed to explore the intersection of art and engineering. Check out their exhibit

Artists and Penn Ph.D.s collabed to explore the intersection of art and engineering. Check out their exhibit

In the culminating project of Penn’s Robotics Art Residency, three artists hosted at the Pennovation Center developed collaborative exhibits with Ph.D. students at the GRASP Lab of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Weitzman School of Design.