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09/04/2025

Robotic hands with human-like instincts are here. The new MOTIF Hand, created by a USC Viterbi student team led by Assistant Professor Daniel Seita, senses depth, force, and even temperature—thanks to a thermal camera embedded in its palm. These multimodal capabilities let the hand “feel” heat without touching and determine force, mimicking our own intuitive responses. Watch this video to learn more! University of Southern California USC Viterbi School of Engineering USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering

09/03/2025

Researchers are preparing robots to one day walk on the Moon and Mars—by first testing them on Earth’s sand dunes. 🌌🤖 The LASSIE Project is developing robots that can sense and adapt to complex terrain. Among the leaders driving this effort is USC USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering Prof Feifei Qian, collaborating with Oregon State University and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration along with other collaborators to push the boundaries of planetary exploration. Watch this video to learn more! USC Viterbi School of Engineering University of Southern California

And if you want to check out Feifei's full interview discussing the LASSIE project head to this link: https://youtu.be/UoezbOzaE60

08/20/2025

Want to know about the new School of Advanced of Computing USC Viterbi School of Engineering? Let us take you inside. University of Southern California USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering USC Information Sciences Institute USC Institute for Creative Technologies USC Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science

08/18/2025

Did you know? USC Viterbi School of Engineering and USC SAC have a new, dedicated undergraduate AI degree. University of Southern California USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering

https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/08/usc-viterbi-school-of-engineering-and-the-usc-school-of-advanced-computing-launch-an-undergraduate-degree-in-artificial-intelligence/

07/28/2025

Long-distance high five? Hugs from across the country? A squeeze through the screen? Wearable tech by USC Viterbi School of Engineering lets users feel gestures real-time in virtual reality.

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07/02/2025

The Robotics: Science and Systems Conference held for the second time at University of Southern California in the conference's history, smashed its conference records with 594 papers and nearly 1,300 attendees. Click below for the conference recap, including groundbreaking advances in humanoid locomotion, terrain‑aware mobility, and vision‑language navigation, demos and more. USC Viterbi School of EngineeringUSC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/07/rss-2025-marks-largest-in-history-as-conference-returns-to-usc/

06/23/2025

06/23/2025

The RSS Robotics Science and Systems conference is in full swing at USC! University of Southern California USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical EngineeringUSC Viterbi School of EngineeringRobotics: Science and Systems

06/18/2025

News! University of Southern California-led study demonstrates unconditional exponential quantum scaling advantage. Conducted on IBM processors, study demonstrates “a promise of quantum computing previously articulated only on paper,” says author Daniel Lidar. Read the link below to find out about this new study published in American Physical Society Physical Review X. USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering https://tinyurl.com/mpfruw2n

06/10/2025

Since neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are on the rise, the need for new ways to detect and address such diseases has never been more urgent.

National Science Foundation (NSF) supported research by USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering and USC School of Advanced Computing Prof Paul Bogdan explores a way to better predict how a person's brain ages over time.

The new AI-enabled method can generate a future image of a person's brain from just a single scan.

Pictured here is a visualization showing structured brain atrophy in a subject over a 15-year span.

Read more here: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-ai-neurodegenerative-diseases.html

05/30/2025

The institute is the next step in USC’s Frontiers of Computing “moonshot.”