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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.

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. 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.

The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering

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.

Engineering students at the University of Sheffield amongst the most satisfied in the UK

Engineering at the University of Sheffield is ranked number one for student satisfaction in the prestigious Russell Group, the association of leading UK research-intensive universities, according to the latest National Student Survey (NSS).

24 July 2020

ACSE’s Professor Ashutosh Tiwari joins the EPSRC’s Strategic Advisory Team

Professor Ashutosh Tiwari holds the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and Airbus Research Chair in Digitisation for Manufacturing at the University of Sheffield.

20 July 2020

Robotics distance learning project could close skills gap and boost economy

A new distance learning project that will enable more people to develop skills in robotics and autonomous systems, to help close the skills gap and drive forward productivity in the UK, is being launched by researchers from the Uni of Sheffield.

16 July 2020

Award Wins at Leading Robotics Conference (ICRA) - 2020 IEEE International

We are very excited that two of our academics and two ACSE alumni have received prestigious awards from the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) - the largest conference in the field of robotics.

29 June 2020

Can We Engineer Artificial Life for the Coronavirus?

Opinion piece by ACSE’s Dr John Oyekan
Autonomous systems particularly robots where designed to ease humans lives, to do things that are repetitive, boring and dangerous.

23 June 2020

MathWorks Minidrone Competition

MathWorks Minidrone Competition at MATLAB EXPO UK - October 1st 2020.

22 April 2020

ESA Cluster Mission — Cluster (Photo Credit: ESA)

20 years deep into a '2-year' mission: How ESA keeps Cluster flying

Great to see our Cluster research featured on 'The Register'. The projects Sheffield based team was lead by ACSE academic Prof Michail Balikhin.

20 April 2020 | Published by The Register

RAEng Visiting Professor from Airbus will provide perspectives on current and future aerospace manufacturing needs for engineering graduates

Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Visiting Professors (VP) contribute and add value to the student experience through course development, face-to face teaching and mentoring.

1 April 2020

Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text

Scientists develop AI that can turn brain activity into text. Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh, from ACSE, discusses the importance of ethical issues and artificial intelligence.

31 March 2020 | Published by The Guardian

ACSE develops exoskeleton that could support MS sufferers

ACSE leads collaborative project, developing an exoskeleton that could help people with conditions like MS to exercise independently.

18 March 2020