Welcome to the Robotics and Medical Systems (RaMS) Laboratory

Located in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of California Riverside, the RaMS lab focuses on soft and compliant robots to address fundamental challenges in a variety of medical and agricultural applications, such as minimally invasive surgery, cancer detection, drug delivery, rehabilitation, and harvesting. Specifically, our research is targeted towards:

• Imaging-Guided Surgical Robots
• Fluidic Soft Robots
• Tendon-Driven Robots
• Smart Material Robots
• Medical Devices

Highlights

Opening for a postdoctoral researcher position!

by Jun Sheng | Oct 17, 2024

We will have a postdoc opening starting from April 1st 2025 or later. Please check the details here.

Receiving the NSF SCH Award for Robotics for Tissue Disease Diagnosis!

by Jun Sheng | Aug 16, 2024

We're thrilled to announce that we've been awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Smart Health and Biomedical Research in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Science award for Comprehensive Tissue Disease Diagnosis Using a Multimodal Robotic System. This is a 4-year collaborative project across UCR (Co-PIs Dr. Chen Li and Dr. Salman Asif), UCSD (PI Dr. Sheng Xu), and City of Hope (PI Dr. Mustafa Raoof).

Openings for PhD student applicants!

by Jun Sheng | Aug 8, 2024

We will have two openings in fall 2025 or later. Please check the details here.

Welcome Mariam, Annabelle, and Steven for Summer Research

by Jun Sheng |  June 31, 2024 

Welcome Mariam Mikhail, Annabelle Yang, and Steven Vu to join RAMS for summer research. They are supported by the UCR Mentoring Summer Research Internship Program (MSRIP). They are working on surgical robotics and agricultural robotics projects!

Vinesh Winning UCR Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant

by Jun Sheng |  Jun 31, 2024 

Congratulations to Vinesh for winning UCR undergraduate research Mini-Grant to support his project on shape memory materials for surgical robots! 

Harry Winning Lung-Wen Tsai Design Award

by Jun Sheng | May 22, 2024 

Congratulations to Harry for winning the Lung-Wen Tsai design award! This remarkable achievement highlights your exceptional creativity, innovation, and technical expertise.

Receiving the NSF CAREER Award for Microfabricated Mesoscale Soft Robots!

by Jun Sheng | May 9, 2024

We're thrilled to announce that we've been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for our groundbreaking work on Microfabricated Mesoscale Soft Robots with Embodied Intelligence for Minimally Invasive Surgery. This grant extends over five years, from 2024 to 2029, empowering us to pioneer new frontiers in medical robotics and intelligent systems.

Jason Winning UCR Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant

by Jun Sheng |  May 9, 2024 

Congratulations to Jason for winning UCR undergraduate research Mini-Grant to support his project on shape memory alloy enabled microdebrider! 

Keiju Winning UCR Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant

by Jun Sheng |  Feb 20, 2024 

Congratulations to Keiju for winning UCR undergraduate research Mini-Grant to support his project on shape memory alloy and soft robotic surgical tools! 

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