GRASP Laboratory

Founded in 1979, the GRASP Laboratory is an interdisciplinary academic and research center, and premiere robotics incubator within Penn Engineering.

[GRASP Laboratory @GRASPlab]

Tomorrow afternoon, GRASP Lab members will be presenting Symskill at ICRA 2026 as a finalist for the Best Paper Award on Planning and Control! https://t.co/tl26CJjJCA

#GRASP #GRASPLab #BestPaperAward #ICRA2026

[Dan Hashimoto, MD MS FACS @Laparoscopes]

🏆 A record $50,000 in prizes @MICCAI_Society

The ORena SAVE FOCUS Challenge is one of MICCAI's 2026 lighthouse challenges

Can #AI track foreign objects across an *entire* operation to prevent retained foreign objects?

#MICCAI2026 #SurgicalAI #MedicalImaging #AIforHealth

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Tomorrow, GRASP's DAIR Lab will be presenting Push Anything at ICRA 2026 as a finalist for the Best Paper Award on Robot Manipulation and Locomotion! https://t.co/dyG0uraCSO

#GRASP #GRASPLab #DAIR #DAIRLab

[Penn Engineering @PennEngineers]

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna joins Vijay Kumar in episode 12 of Penn Engineering’s Innovation & Impact podcast to discuss electric vehicles, innovation leadership and balancing new technologies with Ferrari’s legacy of performance and design.

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Going to ICRA 2026?
Click here to see where GRASP Lab Members will be on each day of the conference:
https://t.co/I15Ee0mVna

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPatICRA #ICRA2026

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Perception, Action, and Learning (PennPAL) Group researchers developed ZeroMimic, which uses human POV videos to enable zero-shot control across robots in diverse real-world/simulated environments.
Video: https://t.co/LMmcruuWCh
Project Page: https://t.co/R0QP8wixWe

#GRASPLab

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Check out this video project on "Distilling On-device Language Models for Robot Planning with Minimal Human Intervention" from Kumar Lab!

Video: https://t.co/o4Kj6EQRHL

Project page: https://t.co/HL2HlqbvpZ

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPProjects

[Penn Engineering @PennEngineers]

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna joins Vijay Kumar on the Penn Engineering podcast to discuss his journey from physicist and semiconductor innovator to leading one of the world’s most iconic automotive brands.

The conversation explores Ferrari’s evolving approach to electrification, digital transformation and high-performance engineering, as well as the importance of pairing deep technical expertise with long-term vision.

https://t.co/R5SGAArY0Q

@PennEngAI

[GRASP Laboratory @GRASPlab]

Check out this article highlighting the exemplary GRASP Lab students recognized by Penn and the Robotics Industry during the 2025-2026 academic year!

https://t.co/VwSMsXAIt3

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPAwards

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Did you know that you can find the GRASP SFI Spring 2026 seminars on the GRASP YouTube Channel? Check out the playlist HERE!
https://t.co/1F9T53RpMq

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPSFI

[GRASP Laboratory @GRASPlab]

Did you miss our GRASP on Robotics 2026 Spring Seminar Series? You can find them in the link below or on our GRASP YouTube page!

https://t.co/QXPCY4tR1y

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPYoutube #GRASPSeminars

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UGVs have been successfully deployed in both academia and industry. Interested? Check out the full project "Risk-Aware MPC Planning for Unmanned Ground Vehicles" from GRASP's Vijay Kumar Lab below!
https://t.co/9vXkN8gOha
Project Page: https://t.co/QYCQquAr2X

#GRASP #GRASPLab

[GRASP Laboratory @GRASPlab]

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the May 2026 ROBOTICS MSE Thesis & Capstone Lightning Talks we recently posted!
https://t.co/izBBl1q5tF
More info:
https://t.co/s3RoOC8fBa

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPLightningTalks

[Penn Engineering @PennEngineers]

Congratulations to Penn Engineering's Class of 2026!

In her speech, student speaker Julia Fremberg (ENG’26) drew a parallel between Penn’s interconnected buildings and the vital bonds between students.

"As you move from place to place, from goal to goal, never forget to cherish those in-between moments. The E-Quad tunnels were never just about getting somewhere faster. They were about who you found—and who you became—along the way."

#PennEngineeringProud #PennGrad

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CONGRATULATIONS to our 2026 ROBO MSE Graduates!!!

#GRASP #ROBOMSE #Graduation2026

[Jie Wang @JieWang_ZJUI]

Honored to graduate from @Penn @GRASPlab MSROBO! Huge thanks to my advisors @dineshjayaraman and @KostasPenn for their incredible mentorship and research guidance. Excited to keep pursuing first-principles, interesting, and solid work in Robot Learning ahead!

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CONGRATULATIONS to all GRASP PhD students who are walking in the 2026 Penn Engineering Doctoral Commencement Ceremony today!!!
Here is a list of some of our graduates' and postdocs' outstanding accomplishments: https://t.co/qik0dLEggI

#GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPBrag

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Thank you to Brandon Duick (@ExynTech), Gavin Kenneally (Ghost Robotics), Samuel Reeves (@FortRobotics ), and Vibhor Sood (@burro_ai ) for speaking at the (Co)nnect Philly's AI Ecosystem Summit Fireside Chat moderated by GRASP's own Charity Payne!
@PhillyAIConnect
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We at the GRASP Lab were glad to be a part of the (Co)nnect Philly's AI Ecosystem Summit last week! We hope attendees had a wonderful time viewing our demos and listening to keynote remarks from GRASP Lab Director Dr. CJ Taylor!
@PhillyAIConnect

#GRASP #GRASPLab #PhillyAI

[Penn Engineering AI @PennEngAI]

@tianfr1999, a @PennEngineers Ph.D. student in @cis_penn, has been named a 2026 @Apple Scholar in AI/ML. Tian, mentored by @vidal_rene, Rachleff University Professor in @ESEatPenn and Radiology, was selected from a highly competitive pool of nominees. https://t.co/StCYr2TgOv