UW CSE robotics unveils its first humanoid project, built for real factory work
DJiafei · x · 2026-10-09
The University of Washington CSE robotics team has announced its first humanoid project, led by Taoyang Jia with collaborators including Wei-Kai Huang, Linxin Su and Ranjay Krishna. The team pitches it as a highly practical system using "reflex" to do real work in factories today — not just lab demos.
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