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Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Dr. Dezhong Tong, undergraduate student Hengyi Zhou, and collaborators! ๐ Our paper, "Neural Control: Adjoint Learning Through Equilibrium Constraints" , has been accepted to the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026. This work, in collaboration with Prof. M. Khalid Jawed's group at UCLA, introduces Neural Control, a novel learning framework for controlling physical systems governed by implicit equilibrium constraints. Unlike conventional approaches that differentiate through expensive simulation rollouts, Neural Control efficiently propagates gradients through sequences of equilibrium solves using an adjoint formulation, enabling memory-efficient and robust optimization for multistable and highly nonlinear systems. The framework is validated on deformable object manipulation tasks in both simulation and real-world experiments, demonstrating significant improvements in efficiency and performance over state-of-the-art optimization methods. Congratulations to Dezhong, Hengyi, and the entire team on this outstanding achievement! ๐๐
June 18, 2026
Congratulations to master's student Hoang Nguyen, PhD student Xiaohao Xu, and the entire team! ๐ Our paper, "The 3D Mirage: Probing and Taming Monocular 3D Hallucinations" , has been accepted to the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2026. Have you ever been amazed by the giant 3D cat at Tokyo's Shinjuku Station or an anamorphic street painting that appears to pop out of a flat surface? While these visual illusions are designed to fool human perception, our work asks a fascinating question: Can they also fool state-of-the-art AI vision systems? Led by co-first author Hoang Nguyen and project lead Xiaohao Xu, this work uncovers a previously underexplored failure mode of monocular depth foundation models: they can hallucinate non-existent 3D structures when presented with optical illusions or ambiguous visual cues. To address this challenge, the team introduces the 3D-Mirage benchmark together with a novel framework for probing, quantifying, and mitigating 3D hallucinations, paving the way toward more reliable 3D perception for robotics, autonomous driving, and embodied AI. Congratulations to Hoang, Xiaohao, and the entire team on this outstanding achievement! ๐๐
June 18, 2026
Congratulations to Xiaohao Xu, Feng Xue, and collaborators! ๐ Our paper, "One Scene, Two Depths: Probing Geometric Ambiguity in Monocular Foundation Models" , has been accepted to the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2026. Led by PhD student Xiaohao Xu, this work explores a fundamental question in 3D computer vision: Do monocular depth foundation models truly understand layered geometry, or do they simply learn to predict a preferred depth hypothesis? The team introduces MultiDepth-3K, a benchmark for evaluating geometric ambiguity in transparent scenes, and proposes Laplacian Visual Prompting, a training-free technique that reveals complementary geometric knowledge from frozen foundation models without any fine-tuning. The results show that current depth foundation models possess richer multi-layer geometric representations than conventional single-depth predictions suggest. For more details, visit the project repository . Congratulations to Xiaohao, Feng, and the entire team on this outstanding achievement! ๐๐
June 18, 2026
Congratulations to Zachary Charlick, Nilay Roy Choudhury, and collaborators! ๐ Our collaborative paper, "STEMbot: A Compliant Robot for Under-Canopy Plant Navigation" , has been accepted to the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2026. This work, in collaboration with Prof. Dmitry Berenson's group, presents STEMbot, an autonomous climbing robot for under-canopy plant navigation and early pest detection. The system combines a novel compliant climbing robot developed by Nilay Roy Choudhury with perception and motion planning algorithms developed by Zachary Charlick, enabling autonomous traversal of complex plant structures while performing localization, semantic mapping, and branch-aware navigation. For more details, visit the STEMbot project website . Congratulations to Zach, Nilay, and the entire team on this exciting achievement! ๐๐
June 18, 2026
Congratulations to Zexiong Chen, Xinqi Zhang, and Jiaqi Wang! ๐ Their paper, "SPPIRO: a Soft, Power-autonomous, Proprioceptive In-pipe Robot for adaptive inspection in complex pipeline environments" , has been published in npj Robotics and selected as a Feature Paper by the journal. This work introduces the first fully untethered soft robotic system capable of active steering and navigation through complex pipeline networks, including T-junctions, sharp bends, and vertical segments. Powered by integrated Kresling origami actuators and onboard sensing, SPPIRO can adapt to a wide range of pipe diameters while autonomously traversing challenging pipeline geometries and detecting defects before they develop into costly failures. The story is also featured on the Robotics Department's website . Well done, Zexiong, Xinqi, and Jiaqi! ๐๐
June 9, 2026
Congratulations to Chi Zhang, Wenzhe Tong, and Mingrui Li! ๐ Their paper, "Morphology-Aware Graph Reinforcement Learning for Tensegrity Robot Locomotion" , has been published in Robotics and Automation Letters. Tensegrity robots offer exceptional resilience and deployability, but their highly coupled and underactuated dynamics make locomotion control particularly challenging. In this work, we developed a morphology-aware reinforcement learning framework that integrates a Graph Neural Network (GNN) with Soft Actor-Critic (SAC), enabling the policy to explicitly capture the robotโs physical topology and internal coupling. Validated on a physical 3-bar tensegrity robot, the proposed approach achieves faster learning, improved trajectory tracking, greater robustness to noise and stiffness variations, and successful sim-to-real transfer without fine-tuning. Well done, Chi, Wenzhe, and Mingrui! ๐๐
May 14, 2026
We are deeply grateful to USDA for supporting our ~$1M award, โA Bugโs-Eye View: Climbing Soft MicroRobots for Pest Detection.โ This project tackles a challenge I care deeply about: enabling soft, lightweight, autonomous robots to operate directly in real farm environmentsโclimbing plants, sensing at close range, and supporting earlier, more precise crop monitoring with reduced labor demands.
I also want to sincerely thank my Co-PI Dmitry Berenson for his support and collaboration on this effort, along with the USDA program managers for their trust. And of course, huge credit to all lab members who are doing the real work day in and day out.
Excited to keep pushing at the intersection of soft robotics, perception, and agriculture, and to translate this work into real-world impact ๐ฑ๐ค
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Feb 28, 2026
Congratulations to graduate students Changhe Chen, Xiaohao Xu, Xiangdong Wang, and Jiaqi Wang! ๐ Their paper,
"Natural Selection via Foundation Models for Soft Robot Evolution"
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is accepted by RoboSoft 2026.
This work introduced RoboCrafter-QA, a benchmark for soft robot design, which is used to finetune an efficient LLM that
achieves SOTA design selection and successfully generates novel, high-performing robot morphologies. A strong sim-to-real correlation is validated on physical modular soft robots.
Well done! ๐๐
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Feb 20, 2026
Congratulations to graduate students Dong Heon Han, Xiaohao Xu, Jiaqi Wang and undergraduate student Yuxi Chen, Yusheng Zhou, and Xinqi Zhang! ๐ Their paper,
" Whole-Body Proprioceptive Morphing: A Modular Soft Gripper for Robust Cross-Scale Grasping"
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is accepted by RoboSoft 2026.
This work introduced introduced proprioceptive morphing, a paradigm for adaptive grasping that addresses the scale limitations of fixed-morphology soft grippers.
Well done! ๐๐
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Feb 20, 2026
Congratulations to graduate student Nilay Roy Choudhury! ๐ His paper, " SlipStream: A Soft-Tread Robot for Fast, Agile Movement in Small-Diameter Conduits" , is accepted by RoboSoft 2026. This work introduced SlipStream, a modular softtread robot that achieve high-speed traversal in confined and tortuous environments as small as 5 cm in diameter. Well done! ๐๐
Feb 20, 2026
Congratulations to graduate student Wenzhe Tong, Yicheng Jiang, and Chi Zhang! ๐ Their paper, " Tensegrity Robot Endcap-Ground Contact Estimation with Symmetry-aware Heterogeneous Neural Network" , is accepted by RoboSoft 2026. This work introduced a symmetry-aware heterogeneous graph neural network (Sym-HGNN) that infers contact states directly from proprioceptive measurements, including IMU and cable-length histories, without dedicated contact sensors. Shout out to our collaborator Prof. Maani Ghaffari for his supervison of the project! Well done! ๐๐
Feb 20, 2026
Congratulations to undergraduate students Rishad Hasan, Bodee Davis, and Keerthi Marri! ๐ Their paper, " A Cost-Efficient Fabric-Embedded Resistive Soft Sensor for Grid-Based Contact Localization" , is accepted by RoboSoft 2026. This work introduced a low-cost soft tactile sensor using conductive fabric strips in a grid pattern, separated by a polyester mesh layer, achieving competitive performance at $1.14 per 100 cm^2 Well done! ๐๐
Feb 20, 2026
Prof. Huang presented the work, "Tensegrity robot proprioceptive state estimation with geometric constraints," on behalf of Wenzhe at the 2025 IROS held in Hangzhou, China. This work showcases the first proprioceptive state estimation framework for tensegrity robot. His presentation sparks warm discussion and complimented by audience. on behalf of Wenzhe at IROS 2025 in Hangzhou, China. This work introduces the first proprioceptive state-estimation framework for tensegrity robots, marking a major advance in enabling autonomous and robust tensegrity locomotion. The presentation sparked engaging discussions and was warmly received by the audience.
Oct 22, 2025
HDRL alumnus Yifeng Xu presented the work, "RGB-SQ Grasp: Inferring Local Superquadric Primitives from Single RGB Image for Graspability-Aware Pin Picking,", co-authored by fellow HDRL alumnus Ye Li, at the 2025 IROS workshop โBenchmarking via Competitions in Robotic Grasping and Manipulation โ 2nd Editionโ held in Hangzhou, China. This work was awarded the Best Extended Abstract Award โ congratulations to Yifeng and Ye! ๐
Oct 19, 2025
PhD student Jiaqi Wang presented his work, "Unlocking Multifunctional Soft Actuation Across Scales with Electrostatic Clutches," at the 2025 Society of Engineering and Science Conference held in Atlanta, U.S. This work demonstrates how soft electrostatic clutches can be seamlessly integrated into soft linear actuators at multiple scales to enable multifunctional actuation. The paper will be submitted for publication soon.
Oct 14, 2025
Master student Zexiong (Ben) Chen presented his work, "SPPIRO: A Soft, Power-Autonomous, Proprioceptive In-Pipe RObot for Adaptive Inspection in Complex Pipeline Environments," at the 2025 Society of Engineering and Science Conference held in Atlanta, U.S. This work showcases the first fully untethered soft robot capable of active steering and autonomous navigation in confined and complex pipeline environments, marking an important milestone for soft robotic inspection systems.
Oct 14, 2025
Postdoc Dr. Dezhong Tong presented his work, "Real-time Simulation Enabled Navigation Control of Magnetic Soft Continuum Robots in Confined Lumens," at the 2025 Society of Engineering and Science Conference held in Atlanta, U.S. The presentation was well-received by the audience and sparked engaging discussions on real-time modeling and control of magnetic soft robots.
Oct 13, 2025
We are excited to welcome our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Michael Vinciguerra!๐๐ Michael earned his PhD from Prof. Carmel Majidi's group at CMU, specializing in soft materials and soft robotics. He will lead the soft robotic face mask project co-advised by Prof. Mark Draelos, Prof. Brent Gillespie, and Prof. Sean Huang.
Oct 1, 2025
We are excited to welcome our new postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Dezhong Tong!๐๐ Dezhong earned his PhD from Prof. M. Khalid Jawed's group at UCLA, specializing in computational mechanics, soft robot simulation, and robotic manipulation of soft matter. His expertise will bring valuable new perspectives to the design and control of soft robots in our group, helping to advance our mission of developing autonomous and high-performance soft robotic systems.
Sept 1, 2025
PhD student Jiaqi Wang delivered an invited talk, "Unlocking Multifunctional Soft Actuation at Small Scales with Electrostatic Clutches," at the 2025 International Conference on Manipulation, Automation, and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS) held at Purdue University, representing Prof. Huang. The presentation was well-received by the audience, and the team plans to submit the work for publication soon.
July 29, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Jiaqi Wang! ๐ His paper, "SPARC: A Soft, Proprioceptive, Agile Robot for 3D Climbing and Exploration with Precise Trajectory Following" , is published at the Advanced Science (Impact factor = 14.1). This work marks the first soft robotic system capable of precise motion planning in 3D terrain. The story is also featured on the Robotics Department's website . Well done, Jiaqi! ๐๐
July 28, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Jonathan Mi! ๐ His paper, " Design of a Variable Stiffness Quasi-Direct Drive Cable-Actuated Tensegrity Robot" , has been accepted to the IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). This work marks a significant step forward in the development of adaptable and high-performance tensegrity robots. The story is also featured on the Robotics Department's website . Well done, Jonathan! ๐๐
June 10, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper,
"Unified Self-supervised Representation Learning for Multi-modal and Single-modal 3D Perception" ,
has been accepted to the 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE).
Great work, Xiaohao! ๐๐
May 19, 2025
HDR Lab had a strong presence at ICRA 2025 in Atlanta! Undergraduate students Xinqi Zhang, Yuchen You, and Haobo Fang presented their work, "Origami Inspired Soft Robotic Arm: A Modular Platform for Manipulation" at the โMulti-Stable and Origami-based Soft Robots,โ โ2nd Unconventional Robots,โ and โWorkshop on Soft Robotics in Spaceโ workshops at RoboSoft 2025. They delivered live demos that received excellent feedback and were awarded the Best Poster Award. โ congratulations! PhD students Jonathan Mi and Wenzhe Tong also presented their tensegrity robot research: "Design of a Variable Stiffness Quasi-Direct Drive Cable-Actuated Tensegrity Robot" and "Tensegrity Robot Proprioceptive State Estimation With Geometric Constraints" at the "2nd Unconventional Robots" workshop. Masterโs students Changhe Chen and Xiangdong Wang presented their project, "Large Language Models as Natural Selector for Embodied Soft Robot Design" , as a Late Breaking Result. Great job to all for representing HDR Lab with compelling presentations, demos, and award-winning research!
May 23, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper,
"Customizing Visual-Language Foundation Models for Multi-modal Anomaly Detection and Reasoning" ,
received the Best Student Paper Award at 2025 IEEE 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (IEEE CSCWD).
Great work, Xiaohao! ๐๐
May 19, 2025
Professor Huang was invited to speak at the Ford Manufacturing Innovation Expo, delivering a talk titled "AI-Powered Visual Surveillance and 3D Inspection Enhancing Quality Control and Operations at Ford ". The presentation received extremely positive feedback, and we look forward to exploring future collaboration opportunities with Ford on AI-driven manufacturing quality control. For details, see relavant papers on anomaly detection paper1 , paper2 , paper3 , paper4 , paper5 , paper6 , paper7 , 3D reconsctruction, paper8 , paper9 , paper10 , by PhD student Xiaohao Xu et al. and sensor placement optimization paper11 , paper12 , paper13 , by master student Ye Li et al.
May 15, 2025
Professor Huang presented our project "Adaptive Self-sealing Soft Robotic Face Mask (SRFM) with Particle Jamming" co-led by Prof. Draelos and Prof. Gillespie at RoboSoft 2025, Lausanne. The talk was met with enthusiastic feedback. Weโre excited to continue advancing the design of autosizing and adaptive soft robotic face masks.
April 26, 2025
Congratulations to Master student Nilay Roy Choudhury and senior undergraduate Zexiong Chen, for winning 2nd place in the "In-Pipe Locomotion Challenge" at RoboSoft 2025! Great work representing the lab on the international stage!
April 25, 2025
Undergraduate students Zexiong Chen and Jiyang Wang presented their work at the โHARDERโ Workshop at RoboSoft 2025, delivering live demos that received excellent feedback. Zexiong showcased โSoft, Proprioceptive, Untethered Omni-Crawler for 3D Non-Uniform Pipeline Inspection,โ and Jiyang presented "Origami Inspired Soft Robotic Arm: A Modular Platform for Manipulation" Jiyang also shared this work in the โOrigami and Kirigamiโ workshop. Great job to both on representing the lab with compelling presentations and demos!
April 23, 2025
Professor Huang co-organized the "Tensegrity Robotics" and "Origami and Kirigami" workshops at RoboSoft 2025. Both workshops were well-attended and successfully showcased cutting-edge research in soft robotics. Prof. Huang also gave a talk titled โTowards Autonomous Tensegrity Robotsโ in the Tensegrity Robotics workshop. For more details, see papers by Tong et al. and Mi et al.. We look forward to seeing everyone at RoboSoft 2026 in Kanazawa, Japan!
April 23, 2025
Professor Huang presented our project "Is Soft Manipulator Weak? A Low-Cost, High-Payload, Proprioceptive, Reconfigurable Origami Arm for Mobile Robots" at General Motors in Warren, MI. The talk received highly positive feedback. We look forward to continuing the exploration of industrial applications for soft manipulators in collaboration with GM.
April 8, 2025
Congratulations to masterโs student Yatin Shankar Narayanan and PhD student Yilin Ma! Their paper, "Adaptive Self-sealing Soft Robotic Face Mask (SRFM) with Particle Jamming", has been selected as a Best Student Paper Finalist at RoboSoft 2025! Special thanks to co-advisors Prof. Mark Draelos and Prof. Brent Gillespie for their invaluable support and guidance.
April 8, 2025
Our paper Large Language Models as Natural Selectors for Embodied Soft Robot Design by masterโs students Changhe Chen, Xiangdong Wang, and PhD student Xiaohao Xu was recently featured in ๆบๅจไนๅฟ. Learn how we leverage LLMs to guide voxel-based soft robot design. Code is available on GitHub.
April 6, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper,
Towards Multi-Hypothesis Spatial Foundation Model: Rethinking and Decoupling Spatial Ambiguity via Laplacian Visual Prompting ,
has been accepted to the ICLR 2025 Workshop.
Great work, Xiaohao! ๐๐
Mar 6, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper, MAC-Ego3D: Multi-Agent Gaussian Consensus for Real-Time Collaborative Ego-Motion and Photorealistic 3D Reconstruction has been accepted to The IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2025. Additionally, three more papers that Xiaohao contributed to have also been accepted at CVPR 2025. Great work, Xiaohao! ๐๐
Feb 26, 2025
Building on Our Success at IROS 2023, the workshop titled "Tensegrity Robotics," co-organized by PI Huang, has been accepted to RoboSoft 2025! We invite you to check out the workshop website and encourage submissions of one-page abstracts for poster presentations or live demos. This website also serves as a hub for the tensegrity community, so feel free to send us your tensegrity-related papers if youโd like them to be listed. See you all in ๐ Lausanne, Switzerland!
Feb 8, 2025
The workshop titled "Origami and Kirigami: How Paper Folding and Cutting Have Revolutionized Soft Robotics and What's Beyond," co-organized by PI Huang, has been accepted to RoboSoft 2025! We invite you to check out the workshop website and encourage submissions of one-page abstracts for poster presentations or live demos. See you all in ๐ Lausanne, Switzerland!
Feb 8, 2025
Congratulations to PhD students Wenzhe Tong, Jonathan Mi, and Yicheng Jiang! ๐ Their paper, Tensegrity Robot Proprioceptive State Estimation with Geometric Constraints has been accepted by Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). Shout-out to our collaborators Tzu-Yuan Lin and Prof. Maani Ghaffari for their invaluable contributions! ๐๐
Feb 8, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper, Customizing Visual-Language Foundation Models for Multi-Modal Anomaly Detection and Reasoning has been accepted to the 2025 28th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD). Great work, Xiaohao! ๐๐
Feb 5, 2025
Kudos to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ He delivered an oral presentation titled MAC-Ego3D: Multi-Agent Gaussian Consensus for Real-Time Collaborative Ego-Motion and Photorealistic 3D Reconstruction at the ICON Student Research Conference at Purdue University. Great job representing our lab!
Jan 30, 2025
Great work by our undergraduate students! ๐ Jiyang Wang, Yuchen You, Xinqi Zhang, Haobo Fang, and Jiaqi Wang presented their modular soft arm and conducted a live demo at the ICON Student Research Conference at Purdue University. Their presentation was featured on LinkedIn by the Purdue University Institute for Control, Optimization, and Networks.
Jan 30, 2025
HDR Lab Celebrates Chinese New Year! ๐ฎ๐ The lab gathered for a festive Chinese New Year hotpot dinner at Professor Huang's house, enjoying delicious food and great company. Wishing everyone a prosperous and joyful year ahead!
Jan 29, 2025
Congratulations to Zexiong Chen, Xinqi Zhang, and Jiaqi Wang! ๐ Their pipe-climbing robot has been selected as a finalist in the RoboSoft 2025 competition in Lausanne. Wishing them the best of luck in the finals!
Jan 24, 2025
Congratulations to Jiyang Wang, Yuchen You, Xinqi Zhang, Haobo Fang, and Jiaqi Wang! ๐ Their extended abstract, "Origami-Inspired Soft Robotic Arm: A Modular Platform for Manipulation," has been accepted to RoboSoft 2025.
Jan 24, 2025
Congratulations to PhD student Xiaohao Xu! ๐ His paper, Scalable Benchmarking and Robust Learning for Noise-Free Ego-Motion and 3D Reconstruction from Noisy Video has been accepted to ICLR 2025! A big thank you to all our lab members and collaborators for their valuable contributions to this work!
Jan 24, 2025
Congratulations to master student Ye Li! ๐ His paper, UniDrive: Towards Universal Driving Perception Across Camera Configurations has been accepted to ICLR 2025! A big thank you to our collaborators for their valuable contributions to this work!
Jan 24, 2025
Congratulations to Yatin Shankar Narayanan and Yilin Ma, Along with Co-Advisors Prof. Mark Draelos and Prof. Brent Gillespie, for Their Paper "Adaptive Self-Sealing Soft Robotic Face Mask (SRFM) with Particle Jamming" Accepted at RoboSoft 2025 with Two "Definitely Accept" Ratings.
Jan 7, 2025
Master Student Ye Li Presented Spotlight Research Titled "Is Your LiDAR Placement Optimized for 3D Scene Understanding?" , at NeurIPS 2024 in Vancouver, Canada.
Dec 11, 2024
HDR Lab Shines at Defend the Republic Competition: Secures Fourth Place and Wins 2-on-2 Final Game in Collaboration with Indiana University.
Nov 22, 2024
Congratulations to Xiaohao Xu and Yatin Shankar Narayanan for Winning the Prestigious Rackham International Student Fellowship: Two Out of Three College of Engineering Recipients are from HDR Lab.
Nov 22, 2024
Professor Huang Presents "Towards Autonomous Tensegrity Robots" at Georgia Tech CS Graduate Student Seminar.
Nov 21, 2024
Congratulations to Ye Li and Xiaohao Xu for Their Paper "Is Your LiDAR Placement Optimized for 3D Scene Understanding?" Accepted at NeurIPS 2024 and Selected as a Spotlight Presentation.
Nov 22, 2024
HDR Lab Hosts Annual Summer BBQ Event to Celebrate Team Achievements and Welcome New Members.
Aug 23, 2024
PI Huang was Awarded a U-M Space Institute Pathfinder Grant for Project โDeveloping a Soft Vine Robot for Comet Surface and Subsurface Explorationโ.
July 18, 2024
First Year Master Student Ye Li Presented His Research Titled "Influence of Camera-LiDAR Configuration on 3D Object Detection for Autonomous Driving" at ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, Japan.
May 16, 2024
The HDR Lab Made its Debut at the Defend the Republic competition, Held at George Mason University, and Achieved an Impressive Fifth-place Finish.
April 26, 2024
Junior students Jiyang Wang and Yufei Xi Showcased Their Untethered Origami Wall-Climbing Robot at the Midwest Robotics Workshop held at Purdue University, Drawing Significant Attention.
April 18, 2024
HDR Lab Showcases Strong Presence at RoboSoft Conference 2024 in San Diego and Celebrated Their Success with a Lab Dinner at Haidilao Hot Pot.
April 15, 2024
Prof. Huang Successfully Organized and Led the Workshop "Multimodal Soft Robots for Multifunctional Manipulation, Locomotion, and Human-Machine Interaction" at RoboSoft 2024, Followed by a Dinner with the Invited Speakers and Organizers.
April 15, 2024
First Year PhD Student Xiaohao Xu Won the Best Poster Award in the Workshop "Democratization of Soft Robotics through Embodied Intelligence" at RoboSoft 2024.
April 15, 2024
First Year PhD Student Jonathan Mi Demonstrated His Tensegrity Robot Live at RoboSoft 2024, Drawing Significant Attention.
April 15, 2024
First Year PhD Student Jiaqi Wang Presented His Research Titled "Lightweight Autonomous Crawling Robot Utilizing Vacuum-Driven Self-Sensing Origami Actuators for 3D Multi-Terrain Exploration" at the RoboPhysics session of the APS 2024 conference in Minneapolis.
March 6, 2024
HDR Lab Celebrates Semester's End with Inaugural Hotpot Party at Prof. Huang's Home
December 15, 2023
Prof. Huang and HDR Lab Graduate Students Jonathan Mi, Xiaohao Xu, and Yilin Ma Visit 'Defend the Republic' Competition, Set to Compete Next April
November 17, 2023
UM Undergraduate Team 'Fight or Flight,' Mentored by Prof. Huang, Secures 3rd Place at Detroit's Artificial Horizon Art Show
November 5, 2023
Prof. Huang Presents Invited Talk on "Towards an Autonomous Tensegrity Robot" at SES Conference and Attends Soft Machines Lab Reunion in Minneapolis
October 19, 2023
Prof. Huang Successfully Leads and Organizes Tensegrity Robotics Workshop at IROS
October 4, 2023
HDR Lab Showcases Strong Presence at IROS Conference in Detroit
October 3, 2023
UM's 'Fight or Flight' Undergraduate Team, Comprising Nicholas Robinson, Adam Hung, Saima Jamal, and David Kim and Mentored by Prof. Huang, Clinches 2nd Place in IROS Functional Fashion Competition
October 2, 2023