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
Receiving UCR RED Seed Funding Award
by Jun Sheng | July 9, 2026
We’re delighted and grateful to be recipients of a Seed Funding Award from the UCR Research and Economic Development. We’ll be working with Prof. Weiwei Zhang in Psychology studying cognitive workload to improve human-robot interaction and collaboration.
Kyungjoon's PhD Defense
by Jun Sheng | June 4, 2026
Congratulations to Kyungjoon on completing his oral defense and becoming a PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Eric Jung Winning Chancellor's Research Fellowship
by Jun Sheng | May 12, 2026
Congratulations to Eric Jung for winning the chancellor's research fellowship to support his work on cardiovascular robotics!
Boshen's PhD Defense
by Jun Sheng | Jan 29, 2026
Congratulations to Boshen on completing his oral defense and becoming a PhD in Mechanical Engineering!
Receiving UCR RAISE Seed Award
by Jun Sheng | December 19, 2025
We’re delighted and grateful to be recipients of a Seed Award from the UCR Riverside Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Institute. We’ll be working with Prof. Cong Liu in Electrical and Computer Engineering developing AI augmented assistive robots.
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