Expand All | Collapse All mobile users: jump to content
Paper on stair-climbing robot wins award at CLAWAR 2012
?A quadruped robot with on-board sensing and parameterized gait for stair climbing,? was a runner up for the Best Paper Award at the 15th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2012) in Baltimore in July.
The paper was written by Professor S.K. Gupta (ME/ISR), his graduate student Tom Brewer, and his postdoctoral researcher Krishna Kaipa.
More than 100 papers were presented at this conference; there was one best paper award and two runner-up awards.
| View a YouTube video of the stair-climbing robot | Related Articles: Building a smarter industrial robotAlum Ashis Banerjee joining University of Washington facultyGreg Krummel wins Outstanding Research Award for Robo CrabS.K. Gupta interviewed for robotics story in The EconomistSagar Chowdhury wins ISR graduate student awardPioneering flight of ?Robo Raven? is major breakthrough for micro air vehiclesRay-tracing paper wins 'Best of Conference' at 2012 IDETC/CIEMiniature Robotics REU students give final presentations'Open-source' robot offers new opportunities for educationISR welcomes 10 REU microbotics students for the summer July 27, 2012
Current Headlines
Mack Receives 2024 MCAA Distinguished Service Award
CEEE Researcher Named Finalist in UMD’s 3MT Competition
Agents of Positive Change: Highlighting Women Maryland Engineers
Balachandran, Cameron, Yu Receive 2024 MURI Award
A Special Ceremony Honoring Bala Balachandran
Alumni Spotlight: José Cyrano Ruiz Cabarrús
3D and Beyond: UMD Researchers Explore Synthetic Dimensions
Celebrating Black Engineers: Philip Lovell
Fitzgerald Walker Honored By MCAMW
Clark School's Online Master of Engineering Soars to No. 6 National Rank