African Robotics Unit

A grouping of robotics researchers at the University of Cape Town who study problems that we, as Africans, are uniquely positioned to solve.

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

@engineers_feed Elon Musk was born here

[Ardian Jusufi @ArdianJ_Lab]

Lizards' astounding Crash-Landing on Tree compared with ballistic Soft Robot perching https://t.co/aBng660Mf0 #biomechanics #biomimetics #biorobotics @SICB_DCB_DVM

[Ardian Jusufi @ArdianJ_Lab]

Body Caudal Undulation with Soft Sensors & Soft Artificial Muscles. In wake of @SICB_ presentation:
https://t.co/Ufux9DupWS
Collaboration w/ colleagues @LabLiao, @ET_Lunsford, Akanyeti, Kovac, Park. @ICB_journal #biomechanics #biomimetics #biorobotics
@SICB_DCB_DVM #SoftRobotics

[Fermat's Library @fermatslibrary]

Here's how to represent the multiplication of two numbers on the real line

[Kerry Gilmore @kerrymgilmore]

Oh sweet irony…

[National Research Foundation of South Africa @NRF_News]

Meet Shanna Swart, an NRF-funded PhD candidate and enzymologist in Chemical Engineering at CEBER (UCT) and part of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis (@CoE_cchange) team: https://t.co/IlvRKXxCGL.

#WomensMonth2021 #WomenInSTEM

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

Catch us live on Instagram this Friday 13h30 GMT+2 as we chat to A/Prof. Patel who is the Director at the ARU.

[Ardian Jusufi @ArdianJ_Lab]

🦎skydiving in vertical wind tunnel use Aero Tails for turning. Active roboTail🪂@MPI_IS
🙏🏻 to @McGowanBiomech for inviting me to give a Symposium presentation at @SICB_ with invited paper: https://t.co/emc3VAAuby
@ICB_journal #biomechanics #biomimetics #biorobotics @SICB_DCB_DVM

[Ardian Jusufi @ArdianJ_Lab]

Tails, Flails, and Sails: Maneuverability and Stability in 🐈Cheetahs🐾 and arm flailing in people. Collaboration with good colleague Amir Patel and Stacey Shield @UnitAfrican. https://t.co/QyHoXLSMeb

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

IROS is the #2 conference in robotics and its peer-reviewed proceedings are the #3 publication in robotics.

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

A paper by Dr. Paul Amayo and his student Jason Pilbrough, titled What's Best for My Mesh? Convex or Non-Convex Regularisation for Mesh Optimisation has been accepted to the International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2021.

[Ardian Jusufi @ArdianJ_Lab]

What does the famous squirrel parkour in @MarkRober's backyard tell us about biology and robotics? To find out, watch the full video https://t.co/ccZpxsZAYy and check out our new paper on 'Righting of Squirrels in Unexpected Falls' in @ICB_journal! @MPI_IS https://t.co/yFxLnSzYeM

[MIT CSAIL @MIT_CSAIL]

Over 70 years ago this month Claude Shannon ushered in the field of information theory w/"A Mathematical Theory of Communication", which has been cited over 100,000 times: https://t.co/6wIpUjzBg9

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

Please come join us this coming Wednesday (07 July) at 13h00 on Instagram Live (@african.robotics.unit) as we talk to Dr. Paul Amayo, Principal Investigator in the lab, about his work and life in the lab.

[Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) @MIT]

Engineers have designed a face mask that can diagnose the wearer with Covid-19 within about 90 minutes. The masks are embedded with tiny, disposable sensors that could also be incorporated into clothing or adapted to detect other viruses. https://t.co/KQnRh6in5h

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

@Biomech_SA Can masters students finishing at the end of this year submit?

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

@MIT_CSAIL @SkydioHQ DJI?

[African Robotics Unit @UnitAfrican]

Please come join us this Friday at 13h00 on Instagram Live (@african.robotics.unit) as we talk to Stacey Shield, PhD student in the lab, about her work and life in the lab.

[Frank Dellaert @fdellaert]

Wow, <3K for a very capable quadruped.

[World of Gadgets @nerds_feed]

The future of IT is is good hands