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The University of Michigan Robotics Department.

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

The last few months in robotics?

• soft micro robots that seek out pests in agriculture
• open-source quadruped for studying evolution
• a VEX U qualifier in the Ford Robotics Atrium

and a lot more! All in our latest newsletter.

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

Register: https://t.co/uR4r4Kl9u0

Can't make June 9? Check out other sessions:
https://t.co/slaJ8wAk8E

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

Exploring graduate school? Perhaps in... robotics?

Get info from a webinar on June 9 at 1pm.

Learn about U-M Engineering grad programs, the application process, admissions requirements, deadlines, funding opportunities, and get your questions answered during a live Q&A session.

[Christoforos Mavrogiannis @mavrojean]

Hello @ieee_ras_icra ! We (@fluentrobotics) are in Vienna to present our new #ICRA2026 dataset paper Bi^3 to support research in social navigation, human motion prediction, and human-robot interaction.

https://t.co/uL0URA9zgN via @YouTube

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

What sets physical robots apart from AI like ChatGPT? We explore the validity of virtual robots in HRI research in our Science Robotics paper. Huge congrats to Connor and Xin! Check out the article and full paper below
@umsi @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics

https://t.co/QAu2qBUWVD

[Maani Ghaffari @GhaffariMaani]

I got promoted to Associate Prof with tenure. I'm proud and grateful to have known and worked with my students, mentors, and colleagues; and special thanks to my family.
I also joined @ToyotaResearch as Staff ML Engineer to work on interpretable AI and e2e autonomy. Excited...

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

ROB 550 Competition: MBot vs MBot... vs. MBot..

This is the class on fundamentals for robotics graduate students: sensing, reasoning, and acting.

[ARM Lab at University of Michigan @umicharmlab]

We propose a data-driven algorithm constructing sets guaranteed to contain future robot configurations at a user-defined probability, despite aleatoric and epistemic uncertainty. More details on this RAL publication below! w/ @TheLuisMarques @GhaffariMaani @UMRobotics

[Christoforos Mavrogiannis @mavrojean]

📰In our new IEEE RA-L paper (also to appear @ieeeiros), led by my fantastic PhD student, Jeeho Ahn, we introduce ReloPush-BOSS, a planning framework for rearranging cluttered workspaces using a mobile robot pusher.

project page: https://t.co/BtjIs7oiWr
🧵👇

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

@UMich Watch the whole conversation: https://t.co/S2GdAZ4Tpu

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

"This major is for builders."

Third-year undergrad Yulei Fu on what it's actually like to major in Robotics at @UMich, in a conversation with Professor Jessy Grizzle.

[Jason Corso @_JasonCorso_]

Mistakes! Mistakes! Mistakes!

Physical AI assistants today can tell you "that's wrong"—but not *what* went wrong, *when* it became irreversible, or *where* in the frame the mistake lives. That's like a teacher who only marks an X on your paper without any explanation. Check out our new CVPR 2026 paper the enriches this problem with new data, new challenges, and a new model!

📄 Paper: https://t.co/Rq6qWBagTm
🌐 Project page: https://t.co/rTrtnaOsqb
💻 Code: https://t.co/hcPjZQJKXD
🤗 Dataset and Weights: https://t.co/QzglspT4Ng

@UMRobotics @Voxel51 @UMichECE @michigan_AI

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

Great news article on our new research project on secure human-AI teams!

@umsi @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics @UTKnoxville @UTK_TCE

https://t.co/uYaYsSUHqE

[Christoforos Mavrogiannis @mavrojean]

Our #HRI2026 late-breaking report looks at how to generate legible robot motion in pedestrian environments, specifically focusing on 2 Qs:

🔸what should a robot be legible over?

🔸how does human distraction impact the benefits of legibility?

@fluentrobotics
@UMRobotics

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

Read more on the concentrations:
https://t.co/oVqIrdAV6a

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

Having trouble concentrating?

Not in Robotics.

Five new undergraduate robotics concentrations, coming this fall.

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

Congratulations to Xin Ye! Our paper on promoting cooperation with security robots through fairness and value alignment is being presented today at #HRI2026
@ieeeras @HRI_Conference @umsi @UMRobotics @UMich @BlackInRobotics @iKnightscope

https://t.co/xQQi1w6kjh

[Christoforos Mavrogiannis @mavrojean]

Excited to share our #HRI2026 paper! 🎉

Over the past two years, my @fluentrobotics lab @UMRobotics & the group of Rachid Alami (LAAS Toulouse) ran an ambitious project to study the implications of human motion prediction fidelity for downstream MPC navigation performance

[Lionel Peter Robert Jr. @lionelrobertjr]

Enjoying #hri2026 @HRI_Conference @umsi @UMRobotics @BlackInRobotics

[Clinton STEM @CHSRedwolfSTEM]

After a day of exceptional performances, these 6 teams will represent the Michigan Region at the @RoboNationInc International @seaperch Challenge at the @UofMaryland in late May. Good luck to all!! Thanks to our supporters @ccs_super @UMRobotics @NAMEatUM @CHS_LeadsTheWay

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

Read on Substack:
https://t.co/hn5KFK4VcX

[Michigan Robotics @UMRobotics]

The last few months in robotics?

• soft micro robots that seek out pests in agriculture
• open-source quadruped for studying evolution
• a VEX U qualifier in the Ford Robotics Atrium

and a lot more! All in our latest newsletter.