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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 2025 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 “Developing a Soft Vine Robot for Comet Surface and Subsurface Exploration”.
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