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At the Transformative Robotics Lab we use robotics to develop novel materials through digital fabrication, and use novel materials to enhance robotics

Joined July 2019
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Advanced Intelligent Systems@Advintellsyst2 Sep 2025
Torque-Transmitting Architected Metamaterials for Flexible and Extendable Tubular Robotics (Jeffery Lipton and co-workers) 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Northeastern soft robotic arm wins MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge at Robotics Summit - The...

The winning robot of the MassRobotics Form & Function Challenge was Northeastern University's Soft Robotic Arm Screwdriver.

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MassRobotics
@MassRobotics1 May 2025
That’s a wrap on the @Robotics_Summit ✨ Our final day was packed with highlights — from the Women in Robotics breakfast and the Healthcare Robotics Catalyst Showcase, to Form and Function Robotics Challenge winners announcement. Huge congratulations to Northeastern University for taking 1st place in this year’s Form and Function Challenge! 2nd Place & Audience Choice Award: University of Waterloo 3rd Place: The University of British Columbia Honorable Mention: Boston University🤖
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Jeffrey Lipton@JeffreyILipton28 Mar 2025
Great writeup on our labs work interestingengineering.com/i…

New hybrid robotic arm is the perfect mix of strength and flexibility

A flexible robotic arm mimics an elephant's trunk, twisting and stiffening to perform tasks, offering safer alternatives to rigid robots.

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Science Robotics@SciRobotics24 Mar 2025
A new Science #Robotics study describes a #SoftRobot made from connected units called #TRUNCs, which can bend, extend, and twist to work safely alongside humans or close a valve. @JeffreyILipton scim.ag/4iyfFlQ
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Science Robotics@SciRobotics20 Mar 2025
Inspired by elephant trunks, scientists have developed a soft, flexible robotic arm that can twist to stiffen, enabling it to manipulate and install a lightbulb. @MITMechE @NortheasternCOE Read more in Science #Robotics: scim.ag/4iyfFlQ
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Jeffrey Lipton@JeffreyILipton19 Mar 2025
Happy to present our latest paper: Bridging hard and soft: Mechanical metamaterials enable rigid torque transmission in soft robots science.org/doi/10.1126/scir…

Bridging hard and soft: Mechanical metamaterials enable rigid torque transmission in soft robots

A soft robot arm can bend, extend, and exert continuous torques based on a mechanical metamaterial.

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ThinkOutLoud on OPB@OPBTOL29 Aug 2022
.@UW @JeffreyILipton talks to us about developing a new way to quickly make industrial robotic grippers to quickly pivot manufacturing needs on an assembly line: opb.org/article/2022/08/29/u…

University of Washington engineers and computer scientists give assembly line robots a helping hand

University of Washington scientists have developed a new way to make robotic grippers used on assembly lines more quickly and cheaply.

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The Transformative Robotics Lab is grateful for the support from Amazon on developing metamaterial powered robots engr.washington.edu/science-…
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Happy to work with the 3D Printing Nerd Channel to show our work with @AdrianaSchulz7 youtube.com/watch?v=fBBSL15i…

3D PRINTING Passive Grippers with UW Transformative Robotics Lab!

The University of Washington Transformative Robotics Lab is working...

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UW News@uwnews28 Jul 2022
No more grasping at straws on production lines! A new tool developed @UW would allow assembly-line robots' to pick up almost anything. @ME_at_UW @uwcse #SIGGRAPH2022 Read more: washington.edu/news/2022/07/…
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Excited for making the IEEE weekly robotics roundup with @AdrianaSchulz7 spectrum.ieee.org/video-frid…

Video Friday: Grip Anything

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

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TechXplore@TechXplore_com28 Jul 2022
How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything doi.org/gqkd39 techxplore.com/news/2022-07-…
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Allen School@uwcse28 Jul 2022
Assembly-line robots are great, but usually at only one thing. A new tool from #UWAllen & @ME_at_UW would enable manufacturers to rapidly get a grip on changing production needs by 3D printing passive grippers customized for various objects. #SIGGRAPH2022 washington.edu/news/2022/07/…
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Mechanical Engineering at UW@ME_at_UW28 Jul 2022
A UW team, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton & doctoral student Ian Good, created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper & calculate the best path to pick up a variety of objects. Learn more: washington.edu/news/2022/07/… @uwcse @uwengineering
Allen School@uwcse28 Jul 2022
Assembly-line robots are great, but usually at only one thing. A new tool from #UWAllen & @ME_at_UW would enable manufacturers to rapidly get a grip on changing production needs by 3D printing passive grippers customized for various objects. #SIGGRAPH2022 washington.edu/news/2022/07/…
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Carnegie Mellon University
@CarnegieMellon19 Apr 2022
Funding from @NASA will help a team including Carnegie Mellon's @zacinaction and @UW's Jeff Lipton continue their work to design and build foldable structures for space. cmu.is/folding-structures
A graphic showing how foldable structures can work in space.

ALT A graphic showing how foldable structures can work in space.

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Very Excited to start work on our Phase II NIAC project on kilometer-scale space structures from a single launch
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Coverage of our NIAC with @zacinaction in Wired wired.com/story/heres-a-snea…

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Far-Out Future of Space Travel

As NASA develops plans for exploring the moon and Mars, the agency is seeking cutting-edge research that could turn science fiction into reality.

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Mechanical Engineering at UW@ME_at_UW4 May 2021
Listen to Prof Lipton on the Soft Robotics Podcast from @ieeeras - soundcloud.com/ieeeras-softr… @uwdfab

Soft Robotics With Jeffrey Lipton

Hey! I am Marwa ElDiwiny, the host and creator of the Soft Robotics podcast. I started this podcast for a reason, one of them was to ask the questions I always wanted to ask when I was in the lab and

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Proud to be working on Kilometer-Scale Space Structures from a Single Launch with @zacinaction
NASA
@NASA25 Feb 2021
📢 JUST IN: We're giving grants to 16 futuristic space concepts — a lunar levitation track system, light bending lunar power system, method for making soil from asteroid material, & more — that could revolutionize @NASA_Technology & pioneer new missions: go.nasa.gov/3qVpm3o
Illustration of a conceptual lunar railway system selected for an early-stage feasibility study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program. Credits: Ethan Schaler

ALT Illustration of a conceptual lunar railway system selected for an early-stage feasibility study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program. Credits: Ethan Schaler

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