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Four-legged robot designed to deliver packages

Courtesy: Adam Smith, USC Viterbi

How wastewater monitoring can mitigate health outbreaks

Image courtesy: Brett Sayles

Students learn to secure cyber networks, data

LASER-D, developed by USC Viterbi researchers, is an animal-like robot that can crawl, crouch and disinfect surfaces and objects to fight COVID-19. Courtesy: Quan Nguyen, USC Viterbi

Disinfection robot developed to halt COVID-19 spread

The hardware for the robot developed by USC Viterbi researchers includes a spray sense camera to detect spray droplets and a nozzle, from which the spray is released. All of the specifications, including speed and coating thickness, can be defined by the user. See video for more. Courtesy: USC Viterbi

Engineering understanding about COVID-19’s effects, safety

Robots developed to 3D-print complex shapes

Using the researchers' path planning algorithm, complex paths that typically take 15 to 30 minutes to specify manually can be generated in just a few seconds, bringing the tool from from source to destination to complete manufacturing tasks without human help. Courtesy: Pradeep Rajendran, USC Viterbi

Algorithm developed to help automate robots for more complex workspaces