Aleksei and Nora received two outstanding awards for their poster presentations at the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Aleksei received first place among graduate-level presenters in the “Brain and Behavior” section, for his research on “Control and embodiment of complex tools: hitting a target with a bullwhip”. Nora received an honorable mention (2nd place) among graduate-level presenters in the “Medicine and Public Health” section for her research on “Movement as a vital sign for predicting health and development in preterm infants”. Both will be featured on an ad for the upcoming issue of Science in April!

Mahdi participated and WON in the MIT RealityHack 2025! His team developed a haptic headband to enhance user experience in VR and MR environments – winning them the award of Most Jaw-Dropping Hardware Experience! Click here to learn more about their work.

From Sept. 1-4, Silvia and Dagmar attended the 2024 BioRob conference in Heidelberg, Germany. They were invited to present at the Workshop on Joint Actions.