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SML Awarded New Patent
SML was awarded a new patent on APPARATUS WITH A CONTROLLABLE SURFACE FOR UNDERWATER BOUNDARY…
Dr. Tan commenting on ACM soft robotics story
Some see soft robots helping declining populations of pollinators do their jobs, or sifting through…
SML soft snake robot paper selected Best Paper finalist at 2020 IEEE RoboSoft
The SML Lab’s soft snake robot paper was selected as a Best Paper finalist at…
Bopardikar and Tan received a NSF grant
Picture: Dr. Shaunak D. Bopardikar (left) and Dr. Xiaobo Tan (right) received a new NSF grant…
Xiaobo Tan named to Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering
Original article here: https://www.egr.msu.edu/news/2020/08/11/advancing-electrical-engineering Xiaobo Tan has been named the Richard M. Hong Endowed Chair in Electrical…
Using robots to assist neurological impairment recovery
Dr. Tan and collaborators were awarded a $700,000 NSF grant for their project soft robotic…
Osama Ennasr Completed PhD Study
Congratulations to Osama Ennasr, who has successfully completed his PhD study at Michigan State. His…
Dr. Tan is part of NIH-funded team on octopus research
The team hopes to build smart arm prosthetics based on how the octopus controls its…
Demetris Coleman to give keynote talk at 2020 American Control Conference
Demetris Coleman to give keynote talk at 2020 American Control Conference on his paper Backstepping…
Second US Patent Awarded for Gliding Robotic Fish
Check out the patent here: https://www.egr.msu.edu/~xbtan/News_files/2020/US-Patent-10589829B2-GlidingRoboticFish.pdf