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The UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute will hold its 8th annual Forum on November 14, 2023.  

Join us to connect with San Diego's top robotics firms, as well as researchers and students working on cutting-edge robotics. The theme of the 2023 Forum is Robots in the Wild. From fenced-in beginnings, robots have evolved to play a crucial role in our daily lives, enhancing safety, efficiency, and even improving human health. This year's CRI Forum explores their wide-ranging applications in manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, home assistance, surgery, and environmental monitoring, addressing fundamental technologies and emerging use-cases.

The day-long program features presentations and panel discussions from some of the region's largest robotics companies as well as posters and demonstrations of the groundbreaking research happening at UC San Diego. 

Read a 2022 Forum wrap-up here. 

 

Robotic News


The Robot Will See You Now

The Robot Will See You Now

July 9, 2025

As waiting rooms fill up, doctors get increasingly burnt out, and surgeries take longer to schedule and more get cancelled, humanoid surgical robots offer a solution. That’s the argument that UC San Diego robotics expert Michael Yip makes in a perspective piece out July 9 in Science Robotics.    Full Story


A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking

A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking

April 9, 2025

This robotic gripper has two fingers made from measuring tape. It can pick up fragile objects, including fruits and veggies. It can also use a screwdriver, screw in a lightbulb and open a jar of spices.  Full Story


These Electronics-free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer

These Electronics-free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer

March 25, 2025

Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one go, from one material. That is exactly what roboticists have achieved in robots developed by the Bioinspired Robotics Laboratory at the University of California San Diego. They describe their work in an advanced online publication in the journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.   Full Story