Tensegrity sensor robots featured in June cover of Soft Robotics journal
Squishy Robotics tensegrity sensor robots were the cover art for the June issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo). Soft Robotics is a leading robotics journal that publishes peer-reviewed research on the emerging technologies and developments of soft and deformable robots.
Squishy Robotics presents at U.S. Capitol
Lead Mechatronics Engineer Douglas Hutchings (shown with National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Sethuraman Panchanathan) represented Squishy Robotics and spoke to attendees at the Robotics Demo Day with the Senate AI Caucus on April 30. This showcase was sponsored by the Computing Research Association (CSA), IEEE, and Carnegie Mellon University. The event, titled “Robots for a Better Tomorrow: Robotics Showcase & […]
NIST-funded communications testing report is published
Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) has published its TEEX-Tested® report assessing the data communications of the Squishy Robotics 4-GasPLUS system’s functionality. This one-year-plus effort was funded through a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – Public Safety Communications Research grant for continued user testing with our public safety partners Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue (SMFR), […]
Agogino participated in panel about A.I. and disaster response
Squishy Robotics CEO Dr. Alice Agogino participated for a second time in a United Nations Telecommunication Union (ITU-UN)-hosted AI for Good webinar. The online event marked the launch of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge 2024-2025: Disaster Response, and the panelists focused on how robots and new technologies are addressing sustainable development challenges. (More information about the Robotics for […]
Successful communications testing at California National Guard Base
Squishy Robotics COO Dr. Deniz Dogruer said that she and fellow engineers were grateful for the opportunity to perform tests during several days at Camp Roberts. “The testing location presented a unique opportunity to conduct some communications tests that, thus far, had been difficult to conduct.”
Dogruer, along with Lead Mechatronics Engineer Douglas Hutchings and Software Engineer Adam Goldstein, traveled to Camp Roberts, a California National Guard Base near Paso Robles in Southern California in late October. The reason for the journey was to participate in a multi-day Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) event.
Agogino recounts history, looks to future in tensegrity robots speech
Squishy Robotics CEO Dr. Alice Agogino holds up a tensegrity toy (the Skwish) during her talk at IROS. In the photo below, Agogino (c.) poses with two former students, Andrew Sabelhaus (l.) and Edward Zhu (r.), during the conference.
Company CEO Dr. Alice Agogino was one of the invited speakers at the 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) earlier this month. Established in 1988, IROS is the premier flagship conference for the robotics and AI research community. This year’s conference was held in Detroit and attracted approximately 4,000 attendees.
TEEX testing, analysis help advance robot communications
A three-person Squishy Robotics team has returned from almost a week of extensive testing assessing the resiliency of the communications of our sensors in operationally relevant environments at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), Disaster City. This TEEX-tested effort was funded through our National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – Public Safety Communications Research grant for continued user testing with our public safety agency partners Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue (SMFR), San Jose Fire Department (SJFD), and TEEX.
Company CEO Agogino named to the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 List
Demonstrating that age is not an obstacle to innovation, Squishy Robotics CEO Dr. Alice Agogino—who was 64 years old when she co-founded the company—was selected for the 2023 Forbes 50 Over 50 List. Now in its third year, the Forbes List recognizes female leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and change makers that are smashing the economic and social limitations often encountered by women over 50.
Public safety summit in San Diego
In two-way radio communications, “five by five” is the confirmation of a clear, strong signal. This year’s 5×5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit brought together leaders in public safety, academia, government, and industry to share information and discuss the latest in communications technology.
Robots withstand detonation and flammability testing
Southern Manatee Fire & Rescue (SMFR), a Squishy Robotics pilot partner since 2020, is well-known within the fire service for being a leader in the integration of new technologies for HazMat response. Such technologies must be safe to operate in even the most extreme of environments.