PSDL Start-up FlexDex Surgical reaches key milestones
06/09/2015
06/09/2015
FlexDex™ is a platform technology that provides enhanced dexterity, intuitive control, and natural force feedback in minimally invasive surgery.
News Article Tag: mechatronics/robotics
U-M chosen to host 4th annual CIRP Conference
12/01/2011
12/01/2011
Come one, come all to the 4th CIRP Conference on Assembly Technologies and Systems! Held May 21-23, 2012 at the University of Michigan. Keynote speakers include Prof. Daniel Whitney from MIT and the conference theme is responsible customer-driven assembly
Mechanical Engineering start-up FlexDex Surgical gets Media Coverage
07/21/2016
07/21/2016
FlexDex Surgical, an innovative medical device company founded by Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Shorya Awtar and Medical School Professor James Geiger, has received coverage from several media outlets
Professor Noel Perkins’ micro-sensor a game changer
02/16/2016
02/16/2016
Perkins’ work in micro-sensor technology could change the way you understand your golf swing, free throw or fly-fishing technique
Ulsoy’s Graduate Students Receive Awards
02/24/2010
02/24/2010
Rachael Bis and Diane Peters have received a number of awards this year in recognition of their recent work.
Oldham Receives NSF CAREER Award
04/10/2010
04/10/2010
The National Science Foundation has awarded ME Assistant Professor Kenn Oldham for his research on power optimization in autonomous microsystems.
A New Breed of Robots That Drive Themselves
03/01/2011
03/01/2011
Thanks to advances in control systems, vehicles can carry out tasks without human guidance.
Noel Perkins’ SwingTracker Technology Featured in Sports Illustrated
11/08/2013
11/08/2013
Noel Perkins has developed a new technology that is able to visually project and analyze the movement of a baseball bat’s swing–the SwingTracker
Saitou appointed Editor in Chief for IEEE Conference
04/07/2014
04/07/2014
The Robotics and Automation Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers has appointed Kazuhiro Saitou as Editor in Chief for the Conference Editorial Board of the Conference on Automation Science and Engineering