News & Events
| 11 Nov 2009: Lab research highlighted on Engadget |
| Popular technology weblog Engadget has picked up our work on smart wheelchair systems. |
| 16 July 2009: Lab research presented at FSR 2009 |
| Ms. Chao Gao and Mr. Thomas Miller presented technical papers at the 7th International Conference on Field and Service Robotics held at MIT on 14-16 July. |
| 9 June 2009: John Spletzer receives NSF CAREER Award |
| Professor John Spletzer received a NSF Faculty Early CAREER Development Award to investigate smart wheelchair technologies for navigating urban environments. |
| 17 May 2009: Jason Derenick wins Stout Dissertation Award |
| Congratulations to Jason Derenick, who was awarded the 2009 Elizabeth V. Stout Dissertation Award for the the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Jason is now a post-doctoral researcher at the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| 12 Nov 2008: VADER Lab funded to develop smart wheelchair technologies |
| Freedom Sciences, LLC and Prof. Spletzer have been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR by the National Science Foundation, as well as a grant from The Technology Collaborative to support the development of smart wheelchair technologies. |
| 22 Jul 2008: ATRS project awarded NSF supplement |
| Our ATRS project was awarded a 1 year supplement by the NSF Partnerships for Innovation Program. |
| 23 Jun 2008: ATRS receives FDA Approval |
| Our industry partner Freedom Sciences received FDA approval to market ATRS. The ATRS-Lite system is expected to go on sale later this summer. |
| 30 Apr 2008: ATRS appears on New Scientist, engadget, and the current issue of the Journal of Field Robotics |
| You can read the New Scientist article and see the video here. |
| 20 Mar 2008: Sick LIDAR Matlab/C++ Toolbox Released! |
| We are proud to release the Sick LIDAR Matlab/C++ Toolbox for the Sick LMS2xx and LD LIDAR families. |
| 4 Nov 2007: Little Ben completes DARPA Urban Challenge |
| "Little Ben", the Ben Franklin Racing Team's entry into the 2007 DARPA Urban Grand Challenge, was one of only six robots to successfully complete the 55 mile course. The race was held on November 3, 2007 at the former George Air Force Base in Victorville, California. To learn more about Ben and the team click here. |
| 9 Aug 2007: BFRT continues toward Urban Challenge glory |
| BFRT makes the NQE! We've been chosen as a semi-finalist to the DARPA Urban Challenge. See the official DARPA press release, with the complete list of semi-finalists, here. |
| 2 Aug 2007: ATRS appears in Advance magazine |
| ATRS was featured in Advance, a magazine for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants. |
| 11 May 2007: BFRT moves to next round in the DARPA Urban Challenge |
| Our team qualified for the next round of the DUC. Our site visit will be at Goodman Campus, Lehigh University, on 8 July 07. Wish us luck! The complete list of qualifying teams can be found on the DARPA website. |
| 15 April 2007: Chao Gao wins in Lehigh CSE Poster Contest |
| VADER Lab graduate student Chao Gao won the "Best Poster for a Non-technical Audience" award for her ATRS poster. You can view it and all of this year's posters here. |
| 12 Feb 07: Lehigh awarded NSF PFI Grant |
| The National Science Foundation has awarded a 2-year grant to Lehigh University in support of the development of ATRS. The ATRS PFI Partnership is being lead by Professor John Spletzer (PI, VADER Lab), Tom Panzarella (co-PI, Freedom Sciences) and Professor Sanjiv Singh (co-PI, Sensible Machines). |
| 14 Dec 06: ATRS appears on Engadget/Physorg/Science Daily |
| Popular science and technology websites Engadget, Physorg, and Science Daily have picked up our article on the ATRS. |
| 05 Dec 06: Thales sponsors Lehigh's DUC entry |
| Thales Communications is sponsoring Lehigh and the Ben Franklin Racing Team entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge. We are grateful for their support. |
| 17-19 Nov 06: ATRS demonstrated at WCD |
| The ATRS was demonstrated live for three days at the World Congress Exposition on Disabilities in Philadelphia, PA. A video with Professor Spletzer demonstrating the beta ATRS-Lite at WCD is here (divx 31MB). |
| 01 Oct 06: Lehigh joins the DARPA Urban Challenge |
| We've joined the Ben Franklin Racing Team, a collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania and Lockheed Martin ATL to field an entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge. |
| 30 June 06: Jason Derenick awarded NSF travel grant. |
| VADER graduate student Jason Derenick was awarded a travel grant by NSF to present his paper entitled "Efficient Motion Planning Strategies for Large-scale Sensor Networks" at WAFR 2006 in New York. You can download Jason's paper here. |
| 25 April 06: VADER Lab Research Recognized in Lehigh CSE Poster Contest |
| VADER Laboratory projects won first place in both categories of the Lehigh CSE 2006 Research Poster contest. Jason Derenick's poster on shape changes for robot teams won first place for professional presentation, while Chao Gao's poster on the ATRS won first place for poster presentation to a non-technical audience. Congratulations to both. |
| 21 April 06: Prof. Spletzer awarded P. C. Rossin Assistant Professorship |
| John Spletzer was selected to receive a P. C. Rossin Assistant Professorship for 2006-2007. These are awarded to individuals in the Engineering college who have demonstrated potential for a sucessful academic career at Lehigh and with a clear interest in participating in interdisciplinary programs. |
| 13 April 06: Humberto Sermeno-Villalta awarded NSF travel grant |
| VADER alumnus Humberto Sermeno-Villalta was awarded a travel grant by NSF to present his paper on the ATRS at ICRA 2006 in Orlando. The ATRS is being developed by Freedom Sciences in conjunction with Lehigh University and Carnegie Mellon. You can learn more about the ATRS and download Humberto's paper here. |
