We held a workshop at the Arts League in West Philly to excite visitors about the Artists in Residency program with the Sung Robotics Lab. Attendees folded and assembled origami robots while learning about coding and mechanics.
Learn more about the Artists in Residency program:
https://bit.ly/3AZKYWe
Congratulations to Xueyang Qi on successfully defending his master’s thesis, “Algorithmic Design of an Origami Squirrel-inspired Paw for Quadrupedal Locomotion in Bar-like Terrains.” We’re proud of you and wish you continued success in your career.
Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Weakly on successfully defending her thesis, “Bistable Structures Enable Passive Transitions in Mobile Robots!” We’re all so proud of you, and we wish you continued success as you take the next steps in your career. Well done, Jessica!
Look forward to seeing Dr. Jessica Weakly more often, as she is set to join the UPenn MEAM department as a lecturer!
Cynthia Sung received a 2024 ARO Early Career Program grant to work on “Multiscale Actuation and Control for Tunable Stiffness Robots.” We are so excited to work on this project with program manager Dr. Dean Culver!