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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

The only department in the UK and one of the best in the world dedicated to automation and systems engineering.

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Origami robot being held in the palm of a hand
Origami robot being held in the palm of a hand
10 February 2020

Origami Robot cited by IEEE Spectrum as top 10 in most-read robotics posts of the decade!

IEEE Spectrum took a look back over the last decade's most popular robotics posts and it was great to see Dr Shuhei Miyashita’s Origami Robot featured at No.8.
George Panoutsos
24 February 2020

ACSE’s Professor George Panoutsos is the new Faculty Director for Research and Innovation

We are delighted that ACSE’s Professor George Panoutsos, Professor of Computational Intelligence, is the new Faculty Director of Research and Innovation (FDRI).
Application of neuroprosthetic devices in substance use disorders.
Application of neuroprosthetic devices in substance use disorders. Drug-related stimuli can induce cravings and subsequent relapse in drug addicted individuals such as a glass of beer in alcoholics. Neuroprosthetic systems could identify and normalise the
24 February 2020

State-of-the-art electrical brain stimulation to be used as treatment for addictive disorders

ACSE academics, Professor Ivan Minev and Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh have been looking at the use of brain recordings and stimulation to treat addictive disorders. Their work has recently been published in the journal Bioelectronic Medicine.
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18 February 2020

National Battery Day 2020

Battery Day is celebrated on 18th February and is a day to acknowledge the device that makes it possible for the smallest household items to the largest heavy-duty equipment to work smoothly.

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Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Mappin Street
Sheffield, S1 3JD

+44 114 222 5250

acse@sheffield.ac.uk

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