Satellite with large blue solar panels orbiting above Earth, showing cloud formations and the planet's curvature against a dark space background
December 9, 2025

From Galaxy to Ground: How Space Research Shapes Everyday Life

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Satellites power everything from weather forecasts to global communications, and researchers at Georgia Tech’s Space Research Institute are advancing both the technology and international policies that keep them operating safely.
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Three Georgia Tech researchers working together in the lab on cancer research
November 20, 2025

Georgia Tech Ranked No. 7 Globally in Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

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Georgia Tech has been ranked 7th in the world in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings
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Matthew Gombolay and Aaron Young pose in the lab while Ph.D. researchers work on a leg exoskeleton device.
November 19, 2025

Real-World Helper Exoskeletons Just Got Closer to Reality

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Georgia Tech researchers are using AI to quickly train exoskeleton devices, making it much more practical to develop, improve, and ultimately deploy wearable robots for people with impaired mobility.
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The LIDAR Research Team with Digit Robot
November 18, 2025

LIDAR Lab-mates Moving Humanoid Robots Closer to Adaptability in the Real World

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To achieve better training outcomes with faster deployment results, Fukang Liu and Feiyang Wu have published a duo of papers in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
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Woman in a workshop environment with industrial equipment and tools in the background, wearing a floral-patterned blouse and light knit cardigan, representing a modern manufacturing or maker space setting.
October 23, 2025

The Perfect Fit: Crafting a Career at the Intersection of Making, Helping, and Human Mobility

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Kinsey Herrin’s lifelong passion for working with her hands guided her career path, ultimately leading her to become a prosthetist/orthotist and principal researcher at Georgia Tech.
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Hong Yeo holds shoe insert.
September 18, 2025

A Step Forward: New Smart Shoe Insert Could Improve Mobility for People With Walking Problems

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The affordable wearable measures foot pressure and could improve stroke and Parkinson’s therapy.
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September 18, 2025

The Robotic Breakthrough That Could Help Stroke Survivors Reclaim Their Stride

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Georgia Tech's AI-fueled exoskeleton adapts to every step, helping patients relearn to walk with less effort and more confidence.
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Danfei Xu
September 17, 2025

Two IC Faculty Receive NSF CAREER for Robotics and AR/VR Initiatives

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Two Georgia Tech professors, Danfei Xu and Yalong Yang, have received the prestigious NSF CAREER award for their research in robotics, which focuses on teaching robots to self-improve, and in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), which aims to create imm
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Woodruff School Faculty Awarded $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Advance Research on Aging and Walking
September 16, 2025

Faculty Awarded $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Advance Research on Aging and Walking

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Three Georgia Tech researchers have received a $3.2 million Research Project Grant (R01) from the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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A centipede based multi-legged robot exhibiting locomotion on rugged landscapes
September 12, 2025

Crawling Faster, Clambering Higher

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Dual publications highlight advances in multilegged robot motion
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Professor Jun Ueda with a student in his lab
September 12, 2025

Cybersecurity for the Physical World

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Jun Ueda receives NSF grant to research a critical gap in networked robotic systems
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Georgia Tech researchers test their prototype of a robotic guide dog. Photo by Terence Rushin/College of Computing.
September 10, 2025

Georgia Tech Team Designing Robot Guide Dog to Assist the Visually Impaired

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Researchers rely on feedback from blind and visually impaired (BVI) communities to create service animal prototype.
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