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Check out this article highlighting the exemplary GRASP Lab students recognized by Penn and the Robotics Industry during the 2025-2026 academic year! grasp.upenn.edu/news/grasp-202… #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPAwards

Did you know that you can find the GRASP SFI Spring 2026 seminars on the GRASP YouTube Channel? Check out the playlist HERE! youtube.com/playlist?list=… #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPSFI

Did you miss our GRASP on Robotics 2026 Spring Seminar Series? You can find them in the link below or on our GRASP YouTube page! youtube.com/playlist?list=… #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPYoutube #GRASPSeminars

UGVs have been successfully deployed in both academia and industry. Interested? Check out the full project "Risk-Aware MPC Planning for Unmanned Ground Vehicles" from GRASP's Vijay Kumar Lab below! youtu.be/dU5Egdby3kw Project Page: frankgon1627.github.io/risk_mpc.githu… #GRASP #GRASPLab

If you haven't seen it yet, check out the May 2026 ROBOTICS MSE Thesis & Capstone Lightning Talks we recently posted! youtu.be/ysPYX5aDuu8 More info: grasp.upenn.edu/events/spring-… #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPLightningTalks

Congratulations to Penn Engineering's Class of 2026! In her speech, student speaker Julia Fremberg (ENG’26) drew a parallel between Penn’s interconnected buildings and the vital bonds between students. "As you move from place to place, from goal to goal, never forget to cherish those in-between moments. The E-Quad tunnels were never just about getting somewhere faster. They were about who you found—and who you became—along the way." #PennEngineeringProud #PennGrad

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2026 ROBO MSE Graduates!!! #GRASP #ROBOMSE #Graduation2026

Honored to graduate from @Penn @GRASPlab MSROBO! Huge thanks to my advisors @dineshjayaraman and @KostasPenn for their incredible mentorship and research guidance. Excited to keep pursuing first-principles, interesting, and solid work in Robot Learning ahead!

CONGRATULATIONS to all GRASP PhD students who are walking in the 2026 Penn Engineering Doctoral Commencement Ceremony today!!! Here is a list of some of our graduates' and postdocs' outstanding accomplishments: grasp.upenn.edu/news/grasp-202… #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPBrag

Thank you to Brandon Duick (@ExynTech), Gavin Kenneally (Ghost Robotics), Samuel Reeves (@FortRobotics ), and Vibhor Sood (@burro_ai ) for speaking at the (Co)nnect Philly's AI Ecosystem Summit Fireside Chat moderated by GRASP's own Charity Payne! @PhillyAIConnect #GRASPLab

We at the GRASP Lab were glad to be a part of the (Co)nnect Philly's AI Ecosystem Summit last week! We hope attendees had a wonderful time viewing our demos and listening to keynote remarks from GRASP Lab Director Dr. CJ Taylor! @PhillyAIConnect #GRASP #GRASPLab #PhillyAI

@tianfr1999, a @PennEngineers Ph.D. student in @cis_penn, has been named a 2026 @Apple Scholar in AI/ML. Tian, mentored by @vidal_rene, Rachleff University Professor in @ESEatPenn and Radiology, was selected from a highly competitive pool of nominees. bit.ly/3QEs9zE

We hope everyone had a wonderful time at the GRASP Poster Session today! A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to ALL GRASP Award winners!!! You are all exemplary members of the community and deserve the recognition and praise!!! #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPPosters #GRASPAwards

MolmoAct2 is running at @GRASPlab ! Thanks @DJiafei for the help, please stay tuned on our thread about first impressions of it. What tasks do you want to test with it? 👀

We hope everyone who attended the GRASP Social Study Break yesterday had a wonderful time! Our painting is almost complete! We hope to have the painting framed to show off everyone's hard work! See you at the next Social event! #GRASP #GRASPLab #GRASPSocial #StudyBreak

We hope everyone had a wonderful time at the GRASP Treehouse Take your Children to Work Day! Everyone's bristlebots were moving and grooving! See you at next year's event! #GRASP #GRASPLab #Takeyourchildtowork

@LingjieLiu1 (@cis_penn, @PennEngineers) develops AI methods at the intersection of graphics, vision and 3D computing. Her work combines AI and physics to model how the world looks and behaves. bit.ly/4to2x8Q #AIMonthatPenn #ComputerVision

Meet TerraFix, a concrete anchor installation system designed to streamline a complex, multi-step process that often requires extensive tooling and labor. Team TerraFix received the John Couloucoundis Prize, awarded for the best presentation of a senior design project.

A huge thank you to @AmerSurg for taking a chance on supporting computer vision research in surgery Grateful for the brilliant @PCASOLab @GRASPlab @CIS_Penn @pennsurgery trainees who have pushed this work & for collab w/ partners @matjogan @EricREaton @KostasPenn #ASA2026

In episode 11 of "Innovation & Impact," Dean Vijay Kumar speaks with Jason Cong of @UCLAengineering about specialized hardware and the role of customizable computing in AI. Cong notes that those in the AGI sector “care about capabilities, not so much efficiency, where there is actually much to be gained.” The conversation also explores how these innovations are influencing the speed, cost and accessibility of everyday technologies.