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CPAR Visiting Scholar Andra Keay mentors space startups in the newly global Creative Destruction Lab accelerator
Mar 16, 2022
CPAR Researcher Stephen Robinson showcases the latest space technologies at UC Davis
Mar 22, 2022
Grad student from Mark Mueller’s High Performance Robotics Group lands spot at US leading drone manufacturer Skidoo
Mar 16, 2022
CITRIS Founding Director and Emeritus Professor Dr Ruzena Bajcsy interviewed for International Women’s Day
Mar 3, 2022
CPAR researcher Sergey Levine is at the forefront of charting a new course for robot navigation
Feb 23, 2022
CPAR’s Masayoshi Tomizuka receives prestigious honor from National Academy of Engineering
Feb 9, 2022
These five robots could soon be in our lives, according to CPAR researcher Pieter Abbeel
Feb 9, 2022
Some positive reflections on the future of robotics from CPAR researcher Hannah Stuart
Jan 18, 2022
Foxglove announces $3.7m seed funding for robotics sensor fusion with support from CPAR researcher Pieter Abbeel
Jan 6, 2022
CPAR Researcher Sergey Levine on reinforcement learning for the real world
Jan 4, 2022
Robotics predictions for 2022 from CPAR Director Ken Goldberg
Jan 3, 2022
CPAR Researcher Alice Agogino joins AI for Good
Dec 31, 2021
Pieter Abbeel predicts a major revolution in robotics
Dec 22, 2021
AI controlled robots need to be smarter says CPAR Researcher Pieter Abbeel
Dec 22, 2021
CPAR and the C3 AI Digital Transformation Institute call for proposals
Dec 21, 2021
CPAR Researcher Ricardo San Felice honored with IEEE Fellowship
Dec 7, 2021
CPAR Director Ken Goldberg explains real2sim2real self supervised technique for planar robots
Dec 2, 2021
Meet the Berkeley professor who’s helping robots get a grip
Dec 1, 2021
CPAR researcher Jose Carmenas believes that Wispr is the future of brain controlled interface technology
Nov 30, 2021
Sergey Levine and Laura Smith showcase novel technique for legged robots in dynamic environments
Nov 1, 2021
CPAR visiting scholar Andra Keay calls for increased diversity in robotics representation
Oct 31, 2021
CPAR researcher Koushil Sreenath speaks in latest Robotics Today seminars
Oct 21, 2021
CPAR researcher Pieter Abbeel explains how virtual obstacle courses help real robots learn to walk
Oct 10, 2021
Future Acres agricultural robotics startup turns to CITRIS CPAR’s Stavros Vougioukas for advisory role
Sep 28, 2021
CPAR Director Ken Goldberg advocates for synergies between automation and robotics in academia
Sep 25, 2021
CPAR researchers at UC Merced mentor USDA funded summer school in agricultural technology research
Sep 20, 2021
CPAR researcher Jitendra Malik brings Stanford’s AI researchers back to earth
Sep 14, 2021
Ken Goldberg’s logistics robotics startup Ambi Robotics raises $26m for robot grasping systems
Sep 14, 2021
IROS 2020 Black in Robotics Special Series supported by CPAR’s Ken Goldberg and Andra Keay
Sep 13, 2021
CPAR’s Chris Kello explains the math behind the psychology of synchronized behaviors
Sep 4, 2021
Rent a robot or ‘robots-as-a-service’ provide gateway for small manufacturers to adopt robots according to CPAR’s Andra Keay
Aug 26, 2021
CPAR researcher Harry Cheng part of $24m grant to engage African American girls in robotics at UC Davis
Aug 25, 2021
CPAR researcher Pieter Abbeel leads quantum sensor advisory group
Aug 12, 2021
$10m NSF funding to increase Native American participation in program led by CPAR researcher Alice Agogino
Aug 5, 2021
New AGAid Institute expands CPAR agtech research at UC Merced
July 29, 2021
$20m new NSF funded research center to be lead by CPAR researcher Alper Atamturk
July 29, 2021
Robotic AI startup Covariant.AI raises another $80m showing success of CPAR research
July 27, 2021
Benjamin Recht’s team makes machine learning breakthrough for satellite imagery analysis
July 20, 2021
UC Santa Cruz’s Roberto Manduchi on program committee for Sight Tech Global 2021
July 15, 2021
CITRIS researcher Jitendra Malik teaches robots to navigate leveraging the way children learn
July 14, 2021
Stumble-proof robot adapts to challenging terrain in real time
July 9, 2021
CPAR’s Pieter Abbeel advises strawberry picking robotics startup Traptic
July 1, 2021
Food stamps stretch farther when recipients have time to cook
June 15, 2021
CITRIS Visiting Scholar Andra Keay comments on venipuncture robot startup
June 15, 2021
CITRIS emeritus Ruzena Bajcsy wins Best Paper Award for Robot Manipulation at ICRA 2021
June 15, 2021
Robotics picking technology getting closer to human success rates
June 14, 2021
CITRIS roboticist and artist Ken Goldberg on selling artwork as NFTs
June 10, 2021
C3 AI spotlights 21 projects for healthcare, energy efficiency and climate security
June 10, 2021
CITRIS researchers win $4.4 million in grants for projects using AI to take on climate change
June 10, 2021
UC Davis research helps grape growers supplement labor with robots
June 7, 2021
Hardware flaws are increasing as CPUs become smaller
June 6, 2021
CITRIS researcher Sergey Levine describes the intersection of robotics and AI
May 20, 2021
UC Berkeley professor Oliver O’Reilly to serve as interim vice provost for undergraduate education
May 13, 2021
Learning to Control and Embody Robot Arms in Space
May 11, 2021
Distinguished Professor Michael I. Jordan named member of the Royal Society
May 6, 2021
CITRIS Policy Director Brandie Nonnecke on the EU’s proposed AI regulations
April 30, 2021
Pieter Abbeel team propose task agnostic RL method to auto-tune simulations to the real world
April 20, 2021
Ken Goldberg and Jim Liefer of Ambi Robotics in conversation with The Robot Report
April 16, 2021
CITRIS People and Robots researchers create robot guide dog for visually impaired people
April 12, 2021
Google Brain, Intel AI Lab and CPAR researchers train surgical robots from video
April 9, 2021
This robot could help fulfill your online shopping sprees – Wired
March 30, 2021
Ambi Robotics, formerly Ambidextrous, raises $6.1 million for picking
March 30, 2021
Soft robot from Squishy Robotics dropped by drone helps first responders
March 30, 2021
“The Robot Brains Podcast with Pieter Abbeel” launches
March 30, 2021
Automating Robot-Assisted Surgical Subtasks – interview with CPAR Director Ken Goldberg
March 22, 2021
Sergey Levine and the Arm Farm feature in Cade Metz’s Genius Makers
March 17, 2021
Neural dust startup from CPAR researcher Jose Carmena is the latest leap for bioelectronic medicines
March 10, 2021
Robot learning at Berkeley and Google is the deepest machine learning of all
March 1, 2021
CITRIS researcher Anca Dragan explains how Symbio helps automate factories with robots
Feb 24, 2021
CPAR Director Ken Goldberg boosts surgical robotics to new heights
Feb 19, 2021
HCI pioneer Leila Takayama to speak at Women in Tech Festival
Feb 16, 2021
CITRIS researchers share in 8 multicampus grants
Feb 11, 2021
Former astronaut and UC Davis professor Stephen Robinson contributes to UC excellence
Feb 4, 2021
IEEE Brain Podcast: Q&A with Dr. Jose Carmena, University of California, Berkeley and Iota Biosciences
Jan 30, 2021
Researchers find current benchmarks are insufficient for evaluating the quality of AI-generated navigation instructions
Jan 27, 2021
KQED highlights novel agricultural research by CITRIS researcher Zhaodan Kong
Jan 26, 2021
ARM Inst project opens way for use of robots in sewing
Jan 25, 2021
AI designs lesson plans which has applications in robotics
Jan 19, 2021
New book on hybrid control systems from CITRIS researcher Ricardo Sanfelice
Jan 17, 2021
Prestigious Biennial Grant Program Includes Funding for Ag-labor and Wildfire Research
Jan 14, 2021
UC Berkeley researchers win three Good Robot Awards from Silicon Valley Robotics
Jan 6, 2021
UC convenes Artificial Intelligence Working Group to harness innovative technology, establish guardrails for equitable and ethical use
Dec 18, 2020
Ambidextrous AI from CITRIS UC Berkeley wins the Overall Excellence Award in Silicon Valley Robotics’ inaugural Good Robot Industry Awards
Dec 14, 2020
Squishy Robotics from CITRIS UC Berkeley wins an Innovation Award in Silicon Valley Robotics’ inaugural Good Robot Industry Awards
Dec 14, 2020
Three CITRIS robotics research startups win Good Robot Industry Awards in 2020
Dec 14, 2020
Deep learning will help automate difficult warehouse work
Nov 30, 2020
Robotics researchers propose AI that locates and safely moves items on shelves
Nov 26, 2020
New precision ag project would help farmers measure plant moisture
Nov 2, 2020
Complementarity: Work in an age of anxiety about AI and automation
Oct 23, 2020
Berkeley AI researchers detail LaND, AI that learns from autonomous vehicle disengagements
Oct 16, 2020
CITRIS researcher Claire Tomlin is named one of 2020’s “women in robotics you need to know about”
Oct 13, 2020
Seed funding grant supports plans for innovative research centers at UC Santa Cruz
Sep 28, 2020
AI Ethics: We need to walk the walk, not just talk
Sep 21, 2020
How do we know AI is ready to be in the wild? Maybe a critic is needed
Sep 18, 2020
UC Berkeley team advances food systems in new $20M research center
Aug 29, 2020
UC Davis leads new artificial intelligence institute for next generation food systems
Aug 29, 2020
CPAR researchers lead new engineering research center to focus on agricultural technology
Aug 3, 2020
Enabling humanoid robot movement with imitation learning and mimicking of animal behaviors
July 19, 2020
Coronavirus accelerates the rise of the robot harvester
June 30, 2020
CITRIS bridge program involves incoming students in the future of agriculture
Jun 22, 2020
COVID provides a new challenge for engineering students’ capstone projects
Jun 20, 2020
Black roboticists on racism, bias and building better AI
Jun 19, 2020
In automated warehouses, robots’ reach exceeds their grasp – podcast IV with Ken Goldberg
Jun 17, 2020
AI startup Covariant.ai building a ‘universal AI for robots’
Jun 16, 2020
Dex-Net AR uses Apple’s ARKit to train robots to grasp objects
Jun 11, 2020
Intel, Google, UC Berkeley AI team trains robot to do sutures from video
Jun 11, 2020
UC Merced’s award winning Robot Assisted Precision Irrigation Delivery project
April 16, 2020
NY Times special report on AI with Pieter Abbeel
April 8, 2020
Grabango chief scientist is world-renowned vision researcher UC Berkeley Professor Trevor Darrell
Nov 11, 2019
AI researcher Anca Dragan on helping robots understand humans
Nov 11, 2019
UC Santa Cruz making socially assistive robots – video
Oct 19, 2019
UC Davis SmartFarm helps develop tech savvy farm workers
July 24, 2019
CPAR Researcher Anca Dragan receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
July 2, 2019
UC Berkeley Alum Rob Wood’s untethered bee robot is on the cover of Nature this week.
June 26, 2019
Mike Jordan’s trenchant essay on the state of AI is featured in the first
issue of the Harvard Data Science Review
June 23, 2019
NY Times feature on robot grasping: 3 of the 6 featured projects are from UC Berkeley’s AUTOLab
July 30, 2018
Wired features Dex-Net as a Service (DNaaS), online tool that suggests robot grasps for objects you upload
July 13, 2018
Robots to Help California’s Grape Growers Conserve Water
Apr 3, 2018
Wired: How Flight Simulation Tech Can Help Turn Robots Into Surgeons
Mar 1, 2018
Keeping Robots Friendly: Meet The Woman Teaching AI About Human Values
Feb 7, 2018
Avideh Zakhor named Electronic Imaging Scientist of the Year by the Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Feb 2018
Why AI Won’t Overtake the World, but Is Worth Watching
Jan 25, 2018
The Education of Brett (Berkeley Robot for the Elimination of Tedious Tasks) the Robot
Sept 21, 2017
UC Merced ‘Swarmathon’ Robotics Team Competes at Cape Canaveral
June 1, 2017
Meet the Most Nimble-Fingered Robot Yet
May 25, 2017
Anca Dragan: The future of AI needs to have more people in it
Mar 6, 2017
Fast Company features new CPAR research on robot grasping
Jan 12, 2017
Pieter Abbeel and Sergey Levine receive NIPS Best Paper Award for “Value Iteration Networks”
Nov 2016
CPAR professors Shankar Sastry and Anca Dragan Featured in IEEE Spectrum: Autonomous Cars Could Determine Your Driving Style by Gently Probing You
Oct 27, 2016
Four CPAR Roboticists, Sergey Levine (UC Berkeley), Oriol Vinyals (Google DeepMind), Adam Bry (Skydio), and Ruzena Bajcsy (UC Berkeley), were named to MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 and Seven Innovators Over Seventy Lists. More information.
Aug 26, 2016
Ken Goldberg featured on Steven Johnson’s podcast, “Wonderland: Robots and Charles Babbage”
Aug 15, 2016
Ken Goldberg featured on Engineering.com, “Berkeley Roboticist Learns Lessons About Humanity from Robots
Aug 15, 2016
Sergey Levine joins CPAR and UC Berkeley’s EECS Department as Assistant Professor to focus on research at the intersection of controls and machine learning
Aug 2016
Mark Mueller joins CPAR and UC Berkeley’s ME Department as Assistant Professor to focus on research in UAV/quadcopter control
July 2016
Ken Goldberg featured in IEEE Spectrum story on medical robotics
May 31, 2016
UC Berkeley Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) brings robotics to budding young engineers
Apr 26, 2016
Anca Dragan featured in The Atlantic “Robots That Act Differently When You’re Around”
Apr 19, 2016
CITRIS Seed Funding 2016: Five CITRIS People and Robots Awards Announced
Apr 8, 2016
Trevor Darrell and UC Berkeley Deep Drive featured in Bloomberg Technology, “Automakers Go Back to School to Learn to Build Self-Driving Cars”
Mar 16, 2016
Ken Goldberg featured in Rolling Stone, “Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Part 2″
Mar 9, 2016
Pieter Abbeel Featured in Rolling Stone, “Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Part 1″
Mar 9, 2016
UC Berkeley researcher Bob Full featured in the Daily Californian, “UC Berkeley researchers develop cockroach-inspired, flexible robot”
Feb 13, 2016
The 20 Semifinalist Designs in the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Good Award
Jan 18, 2016
Artificial Intelligence Nonprofit OpenAI Launches With Backing From Elon Musk And Sam Altman
Dec 11, 2015
A robot teaching itself to walk like a human toddler
Dec 5, 2015
Student robotics competition at UC Santa Cruz: Robot Wars at UC Santa Cruz
Dec 4, 2015
Meet the award recipients of the first Microsoft HoloLens academic research grants
Nov 12, 2015
Robot Toddler Learns to Stand by “Imagining” How to Do It
Nov 6, 2015
Robots: Will They Steal Your Job?
Nov 4, 2015
Robot See, Robot Do: How Robots Can Learn New Tasks by Observing
Oct 2, 2015
UC Berkeley’s Jun-Ho Oh leads KAIST team to win DARPA Robotics Challenge
Jun 7, 2015
UC Berkeley EECS Ph.D. Candidate John Schulman releases the Computational Graph Toolkit, which facilitates experiments with large recurrent networks.
Sep 1, 2015
Robotics and Deep Learning: New UC Berkeley Course and Open-Source Toolkit
UC Berkeley EECS Ph.D. Candidate John Schulman teaches a short course on “Deep Reinforcement Learning’ during Fall 2015 at UC Berkeley. More info >
Sep 2015
Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn, Trevor Darrell and Pieter Abbeel’s Robot Learning in Bloomberg News
This Preschool Is for Robots: Want machines to learn the way human toddlers do? You need a “classroom” equipped with Lego blocks and plenty of patience.
Sept 2, 2015
Ken Goldberg Essay in Time Magazine: The Cloud Will Be the Key to Our Robotic Future
July 9, 2015
Stuart Russell awarded grant for research on human values for robots and artificial intelligence from Future of Life Institute. Project Abstract: “Value Alignment and Moral Metareasoning”.
July 9, 2015
“Autonomous Tumor Location and Extraction: Palpation, Incision, Debridement, and Surgical Adhesive Application with the da Vinci Research Kit”
Winner: Best Video, Hamyln Surgical Robotics Symposium, London (UC Berkeley Center for Automation and Learning for Medical Robotics) More info: Surgical Robot Challenge 2015
June 24, 2015
Not Your Parent’s Factory: What Next-Generation Factories Will Look Like and Deliver
Atlantic Washington editor-at-large Steve Clemons hosts a conversation with CITRIS People and Robots Initiative Director Ken Goldberg and Inventor/CEO of Otherlab Saul Griffith. (Bold Bets Conference, The Atlantic)
June 18, 2015
Relax, the Terminator Is Far Away (New York Times)
May 25, 2015
New Approach Trains Robots to Match Human Dexterity and Speed (New York Times)
May 21, 2015
How smart is today’s artificial intelligence? (PBS Newshour)
May 8, 2015
$1.4M investment for UC Berkeley and CITRIS Foundry startup Dash Robotics (VentureBeat)
Apr 23, 2015
“People and Robots: UC’s new multidisciplinary CITRIS Initiative wants humans in the loop” (Robohub)
Apr 22, 2015
People and Robots Initiative promotes wider robotics integration” (Engineering and Technology Magazine)
Apr 22, 2015
CITRIS launched people and robots initiative, updates three others (Press release)
Apr 22, 2015
CITRIS People and Robots presents a Distinguished Lecture by John Markoff (New York Times) on “Machines of Loving Grace” Learn more >