The GMU Blimp Square team, led by Dr. Ningshi Yao from ECE department and Dr. Daigo Shishika from the ME department, just won the Defend the Republic (DTR) robotic blimp competition hosted at Lehigh University from November 13-17, 2023. The competition featured 8 universities: Lehigh University, George Mason University (GMU), Read more…
Our paper entitled “Two Exact Algorithms for the Packet Scheduling Problem” by Dr. Fei Li and Dr. Ningshi Yao has been accepted by the 16th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA’23). Dr. Yao will attend this conference in-person. Look forward to seeing you during COCOA!
Ciao Lab had a great IROS2023 journey! Our PhD student Yidi Huang presented our novel work on visualizing what patients with eye motion disorders can see, using eye robots! And Rajul Kumar received the IDEA travel award from WIE. Cheers for the nice work of our students and Mason Robotics.
The GMU blimp squad team went to Lehigh university on August 16 and 17 for a scrimmage game with Lehigh Blimps team. Both teams have tested their most recent developments and had a successful game. Please check out the highlights of the game in the following video.
It has been a productive and fruitful summer. The “Dragon” team of Defend The Republic project has implemented the first version of Braitenberg Blimps. Check out our video from our youtube channel. Thank you all for the hard work. Let’s keep pushing, and producing more valuable/fun work in Fall 2023!
Our paper entitled “Design, Implementation, and Observer-based Output Control of a Super-coiled Polymer-Driven Two Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Eye” by Sunil Kumar Rajendran, Dr. Ningshi Yao, and our collaborator Dr. Qi Wei and Dr. Feitian Zhang has been accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. To view the article, please visit here. Read more…
Our paper entitled “See What a Strabismus Patient Sees Using Eye Robots” by Yidi Huang, Dr. Ningshi Yao, and our collaborator Dr. Qi Wei and Dr. Joseph L. Demer was accepted by the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023). Yidi will present this work in-person Read more…
The GMU BlimpSquad team took first place in the Defend the Republic competition, held in Eaglebank Arena, George Mason University, in April 2023. After an autonomous qualifying, we stood as the first team to achieve a full sequence of autonomous ball capturing and autonomous scoring without any human intervention, and Read more…
We are very excited to announce that we have received a grant from the Office of Naval Research for Distributed Intelligence with Lighter-Than-Air Vehicles. This 3-year project is a joint research with Dr. Daigo Shishika. The project aims to build robotic agents that can robustly operate in dynamic and contested Read more…
This senior design project aims to develop a robotic eye platform, which can effectively emulate what patients with eye disorders see, allowing doctors to see their point of view and giving them the necessary insight to more accurately diagnose and tailor treatments for patients. Thanks for your hard work and Read more…