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Yuke Zhu Earns IEEE Early Career Award for Groundbreaking Contributions in AI and Robotics
Assistant Professor Yuke Zhu has been named one of five IEEE’s Early Career Award winners for “groundbreaking contributions” in embodied artificial intelligence and robot learning.
AI x Robotics Research Symposium 2025
From March 4 to 6, the University of Texas at Austin hosted its dynamic three-day AI + Robotics Research Symposium, co-hosted by the Texas Robotics and Machine Learning Lab, with strong support from the UT Austin Amazon Science Hub.
Mercedes-Benz Deploys Texas-Made Humanoid Robots at Its Berlin Facility
Founded back in 2016 at the Human Centered Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, Apptronik has been working on putting together the iPhone of bipedal robots, as they call it, and came up with the Apollo as a tool to be used primarily in warehouses and other production facilities.
UT researchers discuss advancements at artificial intelligence, robotics symposium
UT’s Texas Robotics and Machine Learning Lab collaborated with UT’s Amazon Science Hub to host the AI and Robotics Research Symposium from March 4-6.
Gurley Investment Will Sustain Texas Robotics’ Undergraduate Program as Leader
Visionary venture capitalist Bill Gurley is investing in Texas Robotics’ new undergraduate degree program at The University of Texas at Austin, with the goal of making it the preeminent destination for tech-savvy, entrepreneurial freshman applicants.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE: Venture capitalist Bill Gurley invests in robotics at University of Texas
Venture capitalist Bill Gurley – known for his early investments in Uber and Zillow – has donated $5 million to a new undergraduate honors program in robotics at the University of Texas at Austin.
KVUE: $500B investment to build AI data centers in Texas
"There's also a lot of excitement around the possibilities of advanced artificial intelligence with regards to health care, with regards to improved transportation, energy production and use," Stone said.
How Researchers Are Training Humanoid Robots with Fewer Human Demonstrations
The Robot Perception and Learning Lab's innovative DexMimicGen project is reshaping how humanoid robots are trained, focusing on data generation to minimize human input.
UT’s AI Live grand finale features robots, music, community spirit
On Friday afternoon, a line of robots journeyed down Speedway accompanied by musicians from UT Mariachi and students from Texas Robotics. Students, faculty and researchers gathered at the heart of campus to celebrate a year of collaboration between robotics and artificial intelligence.
2024 Robot Parade
Thank you to everyone who joined the Texas Robotics Robot Parade, the grand finale of UT’s Year of AI!
Austin American-Statesman: Texas Robotics hosts a robot parade
Texas Robotics hosts a robot parade as the grand finale to UT’s Year of AI campus event.
FireBot to the Rescue: Robot Aims to Save Lives
Star Wars’ C-3PO is known for being shiny, risk-averse, and, of course, fictional. He might also be the opposite of the real-world future of robotics, which electrical engineering senior Siddharth Thakur is building with rugged machines that put themselves in danger.
Career Opportunities
Texas Robotics at the University of Texas at Austin offers diverse career opportunities for professionals passionate about advancing robotics innovation. Outstanding candidates in all areas of Robotics will be considered.
UT Launches Nation’s First Robotics Program for Freshman Applicants
The University of Texas at Austin has introduced what is believed to be the first undergraduate robotics program in the country that allows high school students to apply directly as part of their freshman admissions application. The honors program will integrate students as soon as they arrive on campus into the immersive and interdisciplinary curriculum, which includes hands-on research, engineering and computer science coursework, and participation in UT’s top-ranked Texas Robotics’ events and programs.
KXAN: Walking could become easier with new, motion capture technology
Wood squeaks and cracks with each step on the hardwood floors of the Anna Hiss Gym. What once served as the dance studio in the University of Texas’ women’s gym, now is filled with more than a dozen small cameras.
People walk through the space, the cameras capturing their movement, and then as if through magic, a computer displays an overlay of their bones on a flat monitor along the east wall.
The advanced motion tracking tech is used by the staff of the Systems for Augmenting Human Mechanics Lab to discover how people walk. With that information, they could potentially revolutionize the prosthetics industry.
RoboCup 2024
Texas Robotics students participated in the RoboCup Standard Platform League competition last week in the Netherlands. We participated in two competitions: RoboCup@Home and the Soccer Standard Platform Leagues "Challenge Shield" lower division competition.
An AI robot is roaming UT – and its name is Jackal
Read about Texas Robotics AMRL researcher and robotics minor student Luisa's research!
Faculty Spotlight, Dr. Luis Sentis
Exploring the Integration of Robotics in our Communities
Celebrating Women at Texas Robotics
In honor of UT STEM Girl Day, Texas Robotics is celebrating a few of the many wonderful and talented women in robotics at the University of Texas.
STEM Girl Day at UT and the "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" holiday aim to increase STEM access to young engineers and scientists.
Help us to introduce more students to the exciting possibilities of a STEM career by bringing your k8-aged future roboticists to join Texas Robotics at the Anna Hiss Gymnasium Courtyard on February 23, 2024, 11:30 am - 4:00 pm for fun and educational robotics activities!
Read more to learn about the world-changing work of featured women at Texas Robotics.
"ROBOT SZN"
This fall, Texas Robotics hosted several robotics events, with experts from around the world converging on the Forty Acres to discuss the future of the field. Check out this article from Texas Engineer magazine to learn more.