June 2, 2026
Ph.D. Student Gets the Assist as Bike Robot Performs First Front Flip
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A Georgia Tech Ph.D. student's robot control policy helped the Robotics and AI Institute develop the first bike robot capable of an unassisted front flip.
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May 29, 2026
New App Allows Anyone to Operate a Robot From Their Phone
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A new mobile app turns smartphones into controllers for robot arms.
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April 28, 2026
Student-Led Symposium Spotlights the Impact of Undergraduate Neuroscience Research
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Georgia Tech undergraduates organized and hosted a cross-campus symposium showcasing the impact and breadth of undergraduate neuroscience research.
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March 30, 2026
The Smartest Robots May Be the ‘Dumbest’ Ones
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Georgia Tech engineers have created electronics-free robotic swarms whose collective intelligence emerges entirely from mechanical design, enabling coordinated behavior for applications in medicine, space, and beyond.
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March 25, 2026
Georgia Tech Recognizes Excellence with 2026 Institute Research Awards
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Georgia Tech has named the 2026 Institute Research Award recipients, recognizing faculty, staff, and research teams whose work advances innovation, mentorship, collaboration, and societal impact across the Institute’s research enterprise.
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March 19, 2026
Smarter, Faster, and More Human: A Leap Toward General-Purpose Robots
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New AI system lets robots work faster than their human teachers without sacrificing accuracy.
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March 11, 2026
Sheepdogs Reveal a Better Way to Guide Robot Swarms
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Georgia Tech researchers studying sheepdog trials found new principles for guiding unpredictable groups and used them to develop computer models that could improve coordination in robot swarms, autonomous vehicles, and other networked systems.
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February 24, 2026
Georgia Tech Arts Announces Spring 2026 Microgrant Awardees
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Georgia Tech Arts Announces Spring 2026 Microgrant Awardees
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February 19, 2026
Robot Pollinator Could Produce More, Better Crops for Indoor Farms
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A research team that expands GTRI, the College of Engineering, and the College of Computing have developed a robot capable of pollinating flowers in indoor farms.
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February 18, 2026
Humanoid Robots Make Confident Strides Toward Walking Stability
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Georgia Tech researchers have developed a new “thinking” technology for two-legged robots, increasing their balance and agility.
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January 16, 2026
Researchers Discover How Worms Clean Their Environment Without a Brain
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When placed in sand-filled Petri dishes, centimeter-long aquatic worms like T. tubifex spontaneously sweep up particles and reorganize their environment — all without a brain.
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January 5, 2026
Georgia Tech Climbs to No. 2 University in Federally Sponsored Research Expenditures
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This is the Institute’s best ranking in the National Science Foundation’s annual survey.
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