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Dept. of Computer Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Richmond, VA 23284-3019

Office

Dept. of Computer Science

Virginia Commonwealth University

401 West Main Street, E2240

Richmond, VA 23284-3019

Robotics Laboratory

Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering

Virginia Commonwealth University

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News

IASL News

• He Zhang’s paper, entitled "An Indoor Wayfinding Systems for the Visually Impaired", received Best Conference Paper Finalist Award at 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics. Congratulations to He!
• Dr. Ye received a grant from the NIH’s Coulter College Commer-cializing Innovation (C3i) Program. The grant (3R01EB018117-03S1) will allow his team to investigate the possibility of translating the co-robot cane technology from lab into market.
• Dr. Ye's research was featured at the Congressional Robotics Caucus at the Rayburn House Office Building, Washington DC.
• Dr. Ye was named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow.
• Congratulation to Xiangfei Qian for receiving his PhD degree and joining HP Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA.
• Dr. Ye received $820,263 from the National Institutes of Health to develop a Wearable Object Manipulation Aid (W-ROMA) for the visually impaired. The project involves PI Dr. Yantao Shen at University of Nevada Reno.
• Dr. Ye received funding from the National Institutes of Health, as part of a $1,044,549 collaborative research project, to develop a Quadrupedal Human-Assistive Robotic Platform (Q-HARP) for the elderly. The project involves PIs at four universities and is led by Dr. Xiangrong Shen at University of Alabama.
• Welcome to Muhammad Emad and Xinyi Liu, the new IASL members (fall 2015). Muhammad got his MS in computer science from Univ. of Southern California in 2008. Xinyi recently got her BS in Automation from Sichuan University
• Congratulations to Soonhac Hong for successfully defending his Ph.D. dissertation. He joined Sharp Laboratories of America as a research engineer.
• Congratulations to Xiangfei Qian for his paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. (3/16/2014)
• Dr. Ye gave a spotlight talk at the first National Robotics Initiative PI Meeting (Oct 1-2, 2013. Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA).
• Dr. Ye received $365,570 from the National Institutes of Health to develop a co-robotic cane for the visually impaired. Dr. Ye's project is one of the three funded by the NIH in 2013.
• Dr. Ye received $750,000 research grant from NASA to investigate new computer vision methods for robot navigation using a Flash LIDAR camera.
• Dr. Ye received a $320,389 research grant from the National Science Foundation to develop computer vision methods for a portable blind navigational device for the visually impaired.

News About Us

• Three NIH-funded co-robots caught the eyes and interest of Capitol Hill staffers at a National Robotics Initiative (NRI).
• UALR reps show off advances as robotics invades Capitol Hill.
• Robotics Researchers Wow Congress with All Day Exhibition.
• Arkansas news: Five receive research grants.
• National Eye Institute news release: NEI Funds Development of Co-Robot to Help Visually Impaired Grasp Objects.
• NIH news release: NIH funds development of robots to improve health, quality of life.
• UALR Now: UALR Researcher Cang Ye Involved in Development of Robotic Walker.
• The Co-Robotic Cane project was one of the three projects featured in the National Science Foundation's FY2016 Budget Request to Congress.
• The Co-robotic Cane project was one of the six highlighted projects in the NSF’s FY2014 Performance and Financial Highlights.
• Science Daily: Researchers to develop robotic device to help visually impaired.
• Live science, Research in Action: "Seeing-Eye Robot Assists Visually Impaired, No Clean-Up Required", by Cori Beth Russell, National Science Foundation.
• www.pcworld.com: "Where's my robot butler? Good (high-tech) help is hard to find".
• NIH News Release: NIH Funds Development of Novel Robots to Assist People With Disabilities, aid doctors.
• Popular Science: An Autonomous, Self-Steering Robo-Cane, And Other Co-Robots to Come.
• Interview with Eye on Vision radio about the co-robot cane.
• More news about the co-robot cane.
• Arkansas Business: Cutting Edge Research Strives for Important Breakthroughs.
• ArkansasMatters.com: UALR Gets $750,000 From NASA For Future Missions.
• The "Smart" Cane was featured as "Today's Exclusive" on the NSF's online publication Science360.
• Interview with Allan Russell at Insight Radio about the "Smart" Cane.
• More news about the "Smart" Cane.
• Our work on wheel sinkage detection won best paper ward at 2010 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation. Read more...