2025 Finalists

Graduate Category Finalists

G1 - A Sheet-Based Contact-Aided Compliant Force-Limiting Mechanism for Microneedle Patches

Yiran Wang

Faculty Advisor: Guangbo Hao

University College Cork, Cork City, Ireland

G6 - Design and Prototyping of a Modular Haptic Device for Accessible Laparoscopic Training in Developing Countries

Ahmet Yildiz, Madison Veliky,

Faculty Advisor: Nabil Simaan

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

G10 - The First Parallel Robot with Two Unlimited Rotations

Grover Aruquipa, Alireza Hobubaty, Brandon Valencia,

Faculty Advisor: Clément Gosselin, Patrice Lambert

Laval University, Québec City, Canada

G9 - Origami-inspired Rigid-Chiral (R&C) Module Robotic Arm

Zhongyu Chen, Zhiyuan Wang, Mi Li, Jiatai Huang, Qi Chen,

Faculty Advisor: Jian S. Dai, Huijuan Feng

Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; South China University of Technology,

Guangzhou, China; Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

G7 - PhaseHand: An Underactuated 1-DOF Grasp Changing Robot Hand

Miracle Uwakwe,

Faculty Advisor: Yuri Gloumakov

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA

Undergraduate Category Finalists

UG10 - Adaptive Robotic Gripper With Pinching And Scooping Functions In Environmental Constraints

Shijie Qu, Wentao Guo, Yizhou Wang, Jiaqi Yin, Xinru Yao, Tianyi Bi, Jiawen Wang,

Faculty Advisor: Wenzeng Zhang

X-Institute, Shenzhen, China; Shenzhen Technology University, Shenzhen, China; Beijing Institution of Technology, Beijing, China; Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China; Harbin Institution of Technology, Beijing, China; Harbin Institution of Technology, Shenzhen, China; Anhui Universisty of Technology, Anhui, China