DARPA Subterranean Challenge testing at Edgar Experimental Mine

CU Boulder underground drone competes in first of three DARPA subterranean challenges

Professor Sean Humbert and collaborators are engaging in the first of three DARPA subterranean challenges this week. They will be sending drones on a mock search and rescue operation down miles of NIOSH Coal Mine steam tunnels in Pittsburgh, PA. Read more
Greg Formosa and ASME Edible Robots

ASME highlights Associate Professor Mark Rentschler's "edible robots"

Associate Professor Mark Rentschler and his colleagues are integrating technology used in autonomous automobiles to provide ingestible devices with the intelligence they need to navigate the GI tract on their own. His work was featured recently by ASME. Read more
SPUR CU Boulder undergraduate research

Undergraduates show off their summer research projects

Students will present findings from the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research Thursday and Friday in the Gallogly DLC Collaboratory. These final presentations sum up the students’ work over the summer in various labs. Read more

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