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Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
Close-up of NASA's LASSIE robot, logo in frame.

Penn researchers are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary effort that’s preparing doglike robots to traverse extraterrestrial landscapes, like those that are analogous to the moon’s surface.

(Image: Courtesy of Sean Grasso)

Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface

Researchers from Penn are part of a NASA-funded multidisciplinary collaborative effort that’s teaching robots to navigate the extraterrestrial craters, like the moon and Mars.
Microrobots: An emerging biomedical trend
Medical concept in the field of nanotechnology, a nanobot studies or kills a virus. 3D rendering.

Image: Courtesy of iStock / K_E_N

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    • Microrobots: An emerging biomedical trend

    In a Q&A with Penn Today, Hyun (Michel) Koo of the School of Dental Medicine and Edward Steager of the School of Engineering and Applied Science discuss the emerging trend of microrobots in healthcare.
    A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami
    A centimeter-scale quadruped robot sitting on a desk next to a a quarter for scale

    (Image: Sung Lab)

    A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami

    Researchers led by Cynthia Sung in Penn Engineering have crafted a more simplified approach to the design and fabrication of these robots.

    From Penn Engineering Today

    Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world
    Illustration of Michael Posa.

    Michael Posa is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

    (Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

    Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world

    With funding from the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award, Posa is working on a new teaching method where robots interact with objects in the real world to build real-world intelligence via small data sets.

    From Penn Engineering Today

    Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections
    Before and after fluorescence imaging of fungal accumilations being removed by microrobots.

    Candida albicans is a species of yeast that is a normal part of the human microbiota but can also cause severe infections that pose a significant global health risk due to their resistance to existing treatments, so much so that the World Health Organization has highlighted this as a priority issue. The picture above shows a before (left) and after (right) fluorescence image of fungal biofilms being precisely targeted by nanozyme microrobots without bonding to or disturbing the tissue sample.

    (Image: Min Jun Oh and Seokyoung Yoon)

    Nanorobotic system presents new options for targeting fungal infections

    Researchers from Penn Dental and Penn Engineering have developed a nanorobot system that precisely and rapidly targets fungal infections in the mouth.
    When robots touch the world
    Robotic hand playing a piano.

    Image: iStock/Iaremenko

    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

    People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces
    student works with mears staff member in lab

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    People and Places at Penn: Makerspaces

    Hands-on learning fosters creativity, creates opportunities for collaboration, and feels good. Education Commons, the Precision Machining Laboratory, and Tangen Hall all offer space for students to get their hands dirty.

    Kristina García