The primary objective of the PhD degree program is to educate students to the highest levels of their chosen field to enable them to make lasting impacts to fundamental knowledge, technology, and ...

The ongoing robotics research in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering covers a wide range of topics, such as planning, motion control, multi-agent coordination, and robot-assisted ...

1. Joints - The Foundation of Movement Joints are the moving links in a robotic arm. They let the arm bend, rotate, or change direction-similar to how our elbows and wrists work. In a 6-axis robotic ...

The player approaches the ball and prepares to score the goal. The crowd waits anxiously. The player isn't David Beckham or Cristiano Ronaldo—it's a small, blue EduMIP mobile robot. And it's not the ...

Engineering Projects Expo is here! We invite you to spend some time getting to know this year's Mechanical Engineering Senior Design projects and teams. Engineering Projects Expo celebrates the hard ...

Application of tools from differential geometry and Lie groups to problems in dynamics, controllability, and motion planning for mechanical systems, particularly with non-Euclidean configuration ...

HDT Global’s Julio Santos-Munné shares what he thinks differentiates Northwestern Engineering’s Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) students Julio Santos-Munné (MS ‘96) has had a front-row seat to the ...

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