🔬 Global Robotics Research Directory
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Clear filters📍 Toronto, Canada
Birthplace of deep learning (Geoffrey Hinton). Toronto's robotics work builds on this AI leadership for robot perception, autonomous driving, and learned manipulation.
📍 Singapore, Singapore
Asia's leading soft robotics research center. NUS developed first fully soft robot gripper that matches human hand dexterity, and leads in underwater and medical soft robot research.
📍 Haifa, Israel
World leader in snake robots for minimally invasive surgery and search & rescue. Technion's snake robots can navigate through tiny incisions and earthquake rubble, with multiple commercialization paths.
📍 Vancouver, BC, Canada
Developing Phoenix humanoid with Carbon — an AI system that lets the robot learn any task from human teleoperation. Sanctuary focuses on general-purpose labor with a teleoperation-first approach.
📍 Singapore, Singapore
Singapore's second largest robotics research center. NTU has strong programs in autonomous aerial systems, wearable rehabilitation robots, and human-robot teaming for manufacturing.
📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The HKUST Aerial Robotics Group, led by Prof. Shaojie Shen, is part of the HKUST Cheng Kar-Shun Robotics Institute. The group develops fundamental technologies in aerial robotics with focus on autonomous systems and UAV applications.
📍 Hsinchu, Taiwan
Lab at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) conducting fundamental and applied research on soft sensors, actuators, smart materials, and structures. Focuses on electroactive polymer actuators for soft robotics.