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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.
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.
The Year of AI at UT Austin: AI and Robotics at Texas Robotics
The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences are partnering on life-changing research in artificial intelligence and robotics — ensuring that UT continues to lead the way in launching tomorrow’s technologies. Learn more about Texas Robotics, the new Machine Learning Lab supported by a transformational gift from Amir and Zaib Husain, UT’s partnership with the Army Futures Lab and the campus being selected to house the NSF’s AI Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning.
2023 Robot Parade
Texas Robotics parades robots through campus to showcase research, programs, and achievements in robotics!
Student Spotlight: Alexa Izquierdo
Alexa Izquierdo is a 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering student in the Robotics Minor Program at the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently working on an end-effector for a twin-twin transfusion surgery robot and has recently joined the Texas Aerial Robotics’ software team. She hopes to become a Robotics Engineer in the future so she can help innovate and solve problems within the field.
Nick Fey
Dr. Nick Fey, University of Texas Alumnus, current Texas Robotics Core Faculty, and Director of Systems for Augmenting Human Mechanics Laboratory, is passionate about using engineering for good. His lab is at the forefront of revolutionizing technology for lower-limb robot prosthetics and assistive devices.
Now Recruiting Faculty for Texas Robotics
Texas Robotics at the University of Texas at Austin invites
applications for tenure-track faculty positions. Outstanding
candidates in all areas of Robotics will be considered.