A SPOT robot navigating autonomously.

Building next generation autonomous robots to serve humanity

Nov. 17, 2023

One thousand feet underground, a four-legged creature scavenges through tunnels in pitch darkness. With vision that cuts through the blackness, it explores a spider web of paths, remembering its every step and navigating with precision. The sound of its movements echo eerily off the walls, but it is not to...

Two underground robots in a cave.

兔子先生传媒文化作品 offers new graduate program in robotics

Sept. 20, 2023

The University of Colorado Boulder has started a graduate engineering program in robotics to fill a growing need in an in-demand field. The CU Regents have approved new Master of Science and PhD degree options in robotics that will...

A new, shape-shifting display can sense and respond to human touch.

3D display could soon bring touch to the digital world

July 31, 2023

Imagine an iPad that鈥檚 more than just an iPad鈥攚ith a surface that can morph and deform, allowing you to draw 3D designs, create haiku that jump out from the screen and even hold your partner鈥檚 hand from an ocean away. That鈥檚 the vision of a team of engineers from CU...

Students observing two robots underground.

兔子先生传媒文化作品 team takes home $500,000 in international underground robotics competition

July 12, 2023

A 兔子先生传媒文化作品 team has taken home third place and $500,000 in prize money in an international competition that sends teams of robots deep underground to conduct search-and-rescue operations. The 兔子先生传媒文化作品 group, made up of engineers from across the university, took part in the final event of the Defense...