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ScalAR Lab

@LabScalAR

Scalable Autonomous Robots Lab part of University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Lab

 Philadelphia, PA
scalar.seas.upenn.edu
Joined February 2019
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The @Wharton School of the Univ. of Pennsylvania announced MAR Designs won the Innovation Award in the 2020 Startup Challenge. MAR Designs was founded by Scalar lab member Ariella Mansfield @AriellaMans, & @GRASPlab members Rebecca Li @rmli_ & Michael Sobrepera @mjsobrep. (1/3)
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Using their expertise in robotics, medical devices, and mechatronics, they created a patient responsive wrist orthotic for the treatment of spasticity in children with cerebral palsy. (2/3)
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This device improves wrist function while ensuring patient comfort by dynamically stretching the joint as the child is falling asleep using a specialized motorized system. The prize includes $10,000 in cash + $15,000 in legal, accounting, and strategy services. (3/3)
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ScalAR lab group meetings still going as good ever!
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Congratulations Kod*lab PhD Student Abriana Stewart-Height on being awarded a 2020 NSF Graduate Fellowship!!! Video: Abriana tests @MSIchicago's RHex robot for use in the feature @Lapsis_film, while training research assistant Shri Puthige on it. @NSFGRFP @GRASPlab @PennEngineers
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Friend of ScalAR lab @GedaliahKnizhn1 (@ModLabUPenn lab member) was featured on TechXplore for his work on designing low-cost aquatic boats which he tested in our tank! techxplore.com/news/2020-02-…
Modboat: A low-cost aquatic robot with a single motor

Modboat: A low-cost aquatic robot with a single motor

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's GRASP Laboratory have recently designed Modboat, a robotic boat that could be used to monitor oceans or carry out marine operations. This low-cost...

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Excited to launch the inaugural AI4ALL@GRASP! We are currently accepting Philadelphia-area 9th and 10th graders for our 2-week program (travel stipend included). grasp.upenn.edu/programs/AI4…
AI4ALL (@ai4allorg) profile pictureAI4ALL@ai4allorg18 Feb 2020
We are excited to launch AI4ALL Summer Programs at 14+ schools this summer, including @GeorgiaTech, @SeattleU, @UPenn & @UW. With @SoftBank’s support, AI4ALL is equipping a new generation of AI leaders. Check the announcement for more details! #AI4ALL2020 bit.ly/2SwAm8J
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An Eye on Advanced Robotics by @PennEngineers link.medium.com/IKDV0RDid1 featuring GRASP PhD student, Kendall Queen.
An Eye on Advanced Robotics

An Eye on Advanced Robotics

Kendall Queen has a clear vision of the future, and it includes giving sight to robots.

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Congrats to ScalAR lab member Ariella Mansfield!
Michael Sobrepera (@mjsobrep) profile pictureMichael Sobrepera@mjsobrep20 Oct 2019
Wooo!! We (@rmli_ and A Mansfield) won! The @CatalyzerAtPenn was a really cool experience. Thanks again @PennHealthTech @JMRothberg
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ScalAR Lab will have 3 presentations at NERC: Ariella Mansfield - Control of a Microrobot Using External Magnetic Fields, Tahiya Salam - Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems for Modeling, Xi Yu - Synthesizing Time-Varying Communication Networks with Provable Guarantees
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In honor of a conference with 18 distinguished speakers, 17 of which are men, I'll be mentioning one female robotics faculty a day. Lets see how long I can go. In no particular order:
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Presenters for GRASP Industry are ready to go - Tahiya Salam @LabScalAR, Jake Welde, Matt Malencia and Jimmy Paulos, @vijay_r_kumar group.
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👇Check out these inspiring women in robotics! A special congrats to @aprorok for this very well-deserved highlight 👏👏
Robohub (@Robohub) profile pictureRobohub@Robohub8 Oct 2019
30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2019 ift.tt/2Ottk2M
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We are excited to host Sandeep Manjanna @ManjannaSandeep for the @GRASPlab Special Seminar on October 10 at 11 AM in PERCH West Conference Room! His talk will be on using reinforcement learning for efficient sampling in large-scale outdoor environments. grasp.upenn.edu/events/sande…
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.⁦@GRASPlab⁩ women - impact and innovation #GRASPat40 ⁦@PennEngineers⁩
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Informal blog post introducing some of the broad robotics challenges we faced at the #SubTChallenge. This will be a short series of posts that touch on how we did certain things, what worked well, and what did not. arcadianvisions.com/blog/201…
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Catch Dhanushka tomorrow at the 2019 SIAM Conference on Dynamical Systems from 2:15 - 2:35. He will be giving a talk about data driven approaches developed in our lab for sampling and prediction of dynamic processes. For more information visit meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_t…
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Fantastic start to Day 2 at #ICRA2019 with a talk by @vijay_r_kumar on opportunities + challenges for aerial #robots @GRASPlab
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Tahiya will be presenting her work on Adaptive Sampling and Tracking with #Robot Teams at #ICRA2019 tomorrow. Check out her poster at Pod 3 from 11:30 - 12:45! Here's the accompanying RA-L paper: scalar.seas.upenn.edu/wp-con…
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Congratulations GRASP Lab students John Welde - ROBO MSE, Tahiya Salam - ESE, PhD, Daniel Mox - MEAM, PhD, Laura Jarin-Lipschitz - MEAM, PhD, and Mathew Halm - MEAM, PhD on their 2019 NSF graduate fellowships! @NSFGRFP @vijay_r_kumar @LabScalAR @Penn_DAIRLab
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