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.
UT Professor Peter Stone is features in this article from the AAAS Science Magazine. From the article: "[Todd] Hester and Peter Stone, a computer scientist at the University of Texas in Austin, developed a new algorithm, Targeted Exploration with Variance-And-Novelty-Intrinsic-Rewards (TEXPLORE-VENIR), that relies on a technique called reinforcement learning.
We invite you to join us to learn about UT's newly launched Robotics Consortium at the our kick-off showcase event (RSVP required).
