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Texas Robotics has partnered with the Army Futures Command

The research done by Texas Robotics will be utilized to defend national security.

Hume in the Human Centered Robotics Lab

Hume remains balanced while walking by observing the center of mass position error relative to a reference path and re-planning at every step a new trajectory.

BUILDING-WIDE INTELLIGENCE ROBOTS IN LARG LAB

These robots are being designed and programmed to navigate autonomously through the building and interact with people.

Dr. Sandeep Chinchali

Dr. Chinchali is joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeringn as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2021.His research interests include robotics, edge computing, and 5G networks.

Preview of New AHG Building

We are beginning to occupy our new space and ramp up operations in preparation for the resumption of on-campus research and education operations when they are announced.

Robots that lend a hand

Dr. Ashish Deshpande and his team of students at the ReNeu Robotics Lab created a ACT, a model skeleton hand with six separate motors mimicking arm muscles.

RoboCup

The UT Austin Villa robot soccer team participating in an international RoboCup Competition.

RENEU HARMONY UPPER BODY EXOSKELTON

ReNue Lab's HARMONY is an upper body exoskeleton designed for rehabilitation

PeARL

The Personal Autonomous Robotics Lab develops machine learning algorithms to solve problems that robot learners encounter in real-world interactive settings.

NRG's Robotic Arms

Industrial Reconfigurable Anthropomorphic Dual-arm (IRAD) System for use in gloveboxes and other hazardous environments. It replaces or augments operators performing radiochemistry or manufacturing tasks

A science and engineering partnership to advance robotics research and education

An Important Message from the University's Coalition of Diversity and Inclusion

ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Researchers in multiple departments work to advance the capability of robotics numerous application spaces including social, surgical, rehabilitation, vehicles, drilling, manufacturing, space, nuclear, and defense.

ROBOTICS EDUCATION

UT has world-class opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate education and offer a Graduate Portfolio Program in Robotics.

ROBOTICS OUTREACH

UT researchers regularly host robotics activities to engage the community at-large. These include lab tours, workshops and also on-site demonstrations.

News & Events

Interview with Grit Ventures Academic Council Member, Dr. Justin Hart, Associate Professor of Computer Science at UT Austin

As a professor of computer science at UT Austin and assistant director of Texas Robotics, Dr. Justin Hart is actively working to bring the robot-filled society of his childhood dreams to reality.
Our Child’s TBI: A Rehabilitation Engineer’s Personal Experience, Technological Approach, and Lessons Learned

Texas Roboticist Dr. James Sulzer shares a rehabilitation engineer’s personal experience with TBI after his daughter's injury.
Yaskawa Partnership Accelerates Robotics Research at The University of Texas at Austin

A new partnership between UT and Yaskawa aims to facilitate interdisciplinary research and innovation within the university's robotics community. Spearheaded by R&D lead at Yaskawa America, Motoman Robotics Division, and UTCS Alumnus Chetan Kapoor, this partnership is marked with a gift of a dual-arm, SDA10F robot that will be available for the use of the Texas Robotics faculty.

Texas Robotics is engaged with Army Futures Command to develop leading-edge robotics solutions.