Arizona State University (ASU) announced that, for the ninth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked ASU as the most innovative institution in the nation.
Boasting one of the largest engineering schools in the United States, ASU also announced that it is celebrating Semiconductor Week, with companies tapping into the pipeline to fuel innovation and growth.
Starting in spring 2026, ASU shared on social media that the rapper and singer, will.i.am, is slated to teach an artificial intelligence (AI) course on campus.
“The Agentic Self” is designed to help guide students in exploring their “digital selves” and building AI agents that enhance human creativity.
Additionally, ASU has joined the United Nations’ AI Skills Coalition to help close the global AI knowledge gap, and the university’s Master of Science in AI in business program is expanding to Los Angeles.
On ASU Innovation Day in 2018, the School of Engineering introduced a concept version of robotic dogs.
This year, a roboticist, who is also an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at ASU, along with students from the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, is developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) dog to aid in search-and-rescue operations and assist the visually impaired.
According to ASU News, this robotic dog is equipped with advanced AI cameras, LiDAR, and a voice interface.
It is learning to assist with various tasks, from conducting search-and-rescue missions to guiding visually impaired individuals through complex environments.
The roboticist, who founded the Laboratory for Learning Evaluation and Naturalization of Systems (LENS Lab), teaches students to create AI solutions that enable robots to help real people and address critical problems.
His vision is to enhance human well-being by developing intelligent robots that can operate in real-world scenarios.
The LENS Lab team is pushing the boundaries of robotics by incorporating AI models that allow the robot to understand and adapt to its environment, preparing it for practical applications.
One of the most exciting initiatives, led by a master’s student in robotics and autonomous systems, focuses on developing vision and language-guided navigation tools to assist the robotic dog in performing search-and-rescue missions.
This research aims to develop robots capable of operating in environments inaccessible to humans, thereby keeping rescue teams safe while saving lives.
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