Bridging Minds: Robotics in Academia & Industry

December 3rd, 2025 | 9am - 3pm
Exhibition Hall Level 2 | 460 4th Street | Atlanta GA, 30332

This one-day program hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Exhibition Hall, 2nd Floor, 460 4th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 will center on dialogue between industry and academic research leaders, with opportunities for technical discussion, insight sharing, and future planning.

The Robotic Breakthrough That Could Help Stroke Survivors Reclaim Their Stride

Crossing a room shouldn’t feel like a marathon. But for many stroke survivors, even the smallest number of steps carries enormous weight. Each movement becomes a reminder of lost coordination, muscle weakness, and physical vulnerability.

A team of Georgia Tech researchers wanted to ease that struggle, and robotic exoskeletons offered a promising path. Their findings point to a simple but powerful shift: exoskeletons that adapt to people, rather than forcing people to adapt to the machine. Using artificial intelligence (AI) to learn the rhythm of patients’ strides in real time, the team showed how these devices can reduce strain and increase efficiency. They also demonstrated how the technology can help restore confidence for stroke survivors.

Georgia Tech Startup Sets Sights on Transforming Heart Failure Care

"Despite advances in digital health, continuous monitoring of the heart’s mechanical function has remained difficult outside clinical settings," said Omer Inan, researcher and entrepreneur at Georgia Tech. "Patients and physicians have long needed a tool that provides deeper, real-time insights into heart performance without invasive procedures. We decided to tackle that problem head-on with a wearable device."

The depth and breadth of IRIM breaks through disciplinary boundaries and allows for transformative research that transitions from theory to robustly deployed systems featuring next-generation robots. Fundamental research includes expertise in mechanics, control, perception, artificial intelligence and cognition, interaction, and systems.

The Institute for Robotics & Intelligent Machines (IRIM) participates in numerous K-12 STEM and community outreach activities related to robotics. Additionally, IRIM hosts tours throughout the year, and our student group, RoboGrads, participates in activities to raise awareness of the importance of robotics technology and stimulate interest in the field

Georgia Tech offers an interdisciplinary path to an M.S. and Ph.D. in Robotics to students enrolled in a participating school within either the Colleges of Computing or Engineering. A fully integrated, multidisciplinary experience, the M.S. & Ph.D. programs include both coursework and research with faculty members in various units across campus.

Our Industry Program allows partners to explore opportunities for research collaboration, facilities and services, consulting, student hiring, and other interactions. Whether you join as a strategic partner, an affiliate, or as a member of one of our customized consortia, your team will be supported through our work as a interdisciplinary group of robotics leaders.

The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines at Georgia Tech supports and facilitates the operation of several core research facilities on campus allowing our faculty, students and collaborators to advance the boundaries of robotics research.