Louisville Automation & Robotics Research Institute

We would like to extend our congratulations to our LARRI students, who were honored this past Tuesday at the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering's Awards and Honors Ceremony. The following students received awards: - Jacob Schopp: The Bennet M. Brigman and Samuel T. Fife Scholarship Award - Jacob Jones: M. Gordon Northrop Student Activities Award - Henry Reynolds: IEEE Outstanding Student Award - Bryan Harris: CSE Arthur M. Riehl Award.

🤖 LARRI's week-long Robotics Accelerator is now accepting applications until May 31st. This program is designed for young adults interested in developing their robotics skills with experienced mentors while gaining hands-on experience in design, development, programming, and testing. Apply now! 🚀 #robotics #accelerator #STEM

Four University of Louisville innovators have been selected by the prestigious National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for its 2024 class of Senior Members. NAI Senior Members are active faculty, scientists and administrators who have demonstrated remarkable innovation producing technologies that have brought, or aspire to bring, real impact on the welfare of society. “Recognition from NAI is a tremendous accomplishment, and we are extremely proud of these UofL innovators,” said Jon Klein, interim executive vice president for University of Louisville Research and Innovation. “The research-backed technologies they are developing have the potential to diagnose, treat and cure disease and improve the way we live and work. I look forward to seeing them continue to develop these innovations into practical solutions to real world problems.”

We have some Big News! LARRI has recently established a new initiative, the Industrial Solutions Center. The mission of the Industrial Solutions Center is to utilize the skills and experience of the LARRI faculty, staff, and students to address industry-related challenges. This team, led by Johanna Boone, Associate Director of Industry and Academic Engagement, is focused on working with local manufacturers to identify opportunities to improve efficiencies, safety, and workforce engagement using robotics and automation. Please get in touch with Johanna Boone to set up a plant tour.

The 8th Edition of the LARRI Ledger is out now! Check it out here: https://conta.cc/3vvBjEv. Would you like to be added to a future contact list? Please email us at Larri@louisville.edu

Thank you to everyone who attended our Open House event yesterday! We were thrilled to see such a great turnout; it was our best yet! We extend our special thanks to Louisville Collegiate School, Central High School, Greater Louisville Inc., FirstBuild, Kentucky Manufacturing Extension Partnership, UofL's Controller's Office, Alumni, and many others who visited our space and supported us.

If you are interested in knowing more about the ongoing research projects at LARRI, we would like to extend an invitation to our Open House event on Tuesday, March 19th. This event is open to the general public, and we will be conducting full demonstrations of our projects, which our students will present. It's an excellent opportunity for industry partners to explore collaboration and development opportunities and witness our capabilities firsthand. Guests are welcome to tour our entire facility, interact with our leadership team, and learn about our ongoing research and development. We hold this event twice a year, and we look forward to seeing you there on Tuesday, March 19th.

Women at the University of Louisville are leading, discovering and making history throughout campus and beyond. During March, follow along on our social media channels as we recognize exceptional UofL women as leaders in science, technology, engineering and math fields. #WomensHistoryMonth

Congratulations to PhD Student Ali Ashary of Louisville Automation & Robotics Research Institute, for earning a mark of distinction for his poster presentation, "Multi-Joint Adaptive Motion Imitation in Robot-Assisted Physiotherapy with Dynamic Time Wrapping and Recurrent Neural Networks." #machinelearning #robotics

As an early-career faculty it is very satisfying to see the success from student researchers, especially if it comes from high school (K-12) students. Smaran Alli started working with me for his high school science project at the Louisville Automation & Robotics Research Institute in 2021, but his inquisitiveness got him interested into deeper research beyond his high school project. He showed a great commitment, dedication and published his work as first author in the IEEE ADACIS’23 before joining CMU for his bachelors in Statistics and Computer Science. I am sure, his talent, diligence, together with his great humble attitude will help him achieving great heights in his career. #K12research #Louisville Automation & Robotics Research Institute