Researchers in multiple departments work to advance the capaibity of robotics numerous application spaces including social, surgical, rehabilitation, vehicles, drilling, manufacturing, space, nuclear, and defense.
UT has world-class opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate education and offer a Graduate Portfolio Program in Robotics.
UT researchers regularly host robotics activities to engage the community at-large. These include lab tours, workshops and also on-site demonstrations.
Dr. Mitch Pryor is speaking at the Austin Central Library's Austin Forum on Technology and Society on July 9th at 6:15 pm (refreshments start at 5:45 pm). The abstract: Robots have long fascinated humans for their amazing potential, but this is also a very real industry. Industrial robotics is a massive industry, especially in manufacturing, and they are becoming more capable rapidly fueled by advances in AI as well as electronics and precision sensors, machining, and more.
Robots are meant to make our jobs easier, but there are many questions about how we are supposed to interact with robots and how they will interact with us. Thanks to the work from some aspiring mechanical engineers at the University of Texas, they are making breakthroughs that could soon be implemented for companies, agencies and even in our every day lives.
In the future, your co-worker might be a robot.
