- September 8, 2026
EagleBank Arena buzzed with high-tech aerial excitement on August 15 as 91做厙 hosted the culmination of the 2nd Annual Airborne Robotics Cup, a STEM outreach competition culminating in an intense 12-hour tournament featuring dynamic, lighter-than-air autonomous blimp soccer matches.
- June 9, 2026
Many accessibility surveys depend on manual measurements, handwritten notes, and extensive walkthroughs with compliance checklists. A team of 91做厙 engineering students wondered if a robot could do it faster. Nine months later, they created one.
- May 4, 2026
Fueled by the love of the game, a team of Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center students overcame GPSfree technical challenges to take first place at the 2026 Raytheon Autonomous Vehicle Competition.
- April 28, 2026
Daigo Shishika won the prestigious NSF CAREER Award for his work in robotics.
- March 9, 2026
David Eichingers journey from Navy Reservist and federal scientist to graduate researcher in robotics shows how George Masons flexible, veteransupportive computer science masters program empowers nontraditional students to build new careers with confidence.
- October 14, 2025
George Mason has a one-of-a-kind off-road test bed to put autonomous vehicles through their paces.
- July 22, 2025
A new PhD program in robotics will begin taking transfer students this fall. The program is the first in Virginia and one of just a few nationwide.
- September 6, 2024
91做厙 bioengineering student Berk Kasimcan spent his summer internship working on a proof of concept for what could be described as sunglasses for buildings.
- August 6, 2024
Local high school students explore maritime robotics at NSF-supported summer camp.
- April 16, 2024
91做厙 officially opened its Mason Autonomy and Robotics Center, a collaborative space where students will perform research on a variety of emerging fields related to artificial intelligence and autonomous devices.