Maíra Saboia, PhD.

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Postdoc at NASA JPL

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Autonmous PUFFER

NASA | Game Changing Development Program NASA’s Autonomous PUFFER robot: “THE COMBINATION OF SMALL, BUT CAPABLE HARDWARE WITH AUTONOMY ALLOW PUFFERS TO BE A NEW EXPLORATION TOOL ON FUTURE MISSIONS,” —Jean-Pierre de la Croix, PUFFER Project Manager

Featured in: NASA 1, NASA 2, therobotreport

A shoebox-sized wheeled robot explores the rugged terrain on the surface of the Mars Yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory during recent tests of the Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (A-PUFFER) project. Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech

Autonomous Construction

Featured in the Science article: “A review of collective robotic construction” Also in New Atlas, Mechanical Engineering magazine, WKBW, Science Daily, Electronic Component News, Tech Xplore, Nanowerk, Techsite, Product Design & Development, Laboratory Equipment, Electronics Weekly and Futurity

University at Buffalo | News Center Published on December 21, 2018 Twelve ways UB researchers made groundbreaking discoveries — and headlines — in 2018

WKBW TV | Buffalo, NY Published on Jul 3, 2018


University at Buffalo | News Center Published on June 27, 2018 Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot