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The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS) at UC Riverside is an interdepartmental research center that conducts cutting-edge research on the foundations and applications of intelligent and autonomous systems, including robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and real-time systems. The Center brings together researchers from academia and industry to develop cross-disciplinary solutions to key societal problems and train the next generation of researchers and practitioners. Application areas of interest include security, biomedical systems, environmental monitoring, agricultural automation, transportation, logistics, and manufacturing. The Center also organizes seminars, workshops, and lectures to facilitate the scholarly dissemination of ideas, promotes research and educational activities for students, and provides its affiliated members with state of the art computational and robotic facilities.

UCR Bell tower - SoCal Robotics Symposium 2024 on September 19-20

The 2024 Southern California Robotics Symposium (SCR)

UCR is proud to host the SoCal Robotics Symposium 2024 on September 19-20.

Research Highlights

Aerial view of an agricultural research field divided into a grid of circular plots arranged in rows and columns. Many plots are highlighted with orange and blue markers, indicating different treatment groups or sampling locations. Crop rows surround the experimental area, and a crosshair marker appears near the center of the image.
A Smarter way to Map Orchard Soil
The UCR team addressed that challenge by integrating a wheeled mobile robot, an electromagnetic induction sensor, onboard localization and a planning algorithm designed for orchard-scale operation. The system allows the robot to navigate orchard rows, prioritize important sampling locations and collect dense soil data within a fixed operating window.
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Revved Up on Robots
Brandon Marcus's robotics and artificial intelligence research and recent co-authorship of a major paper accepted to the 2025 CASE conference mark a few of his successes as the second BCOE student to graduate with a bachelor's degree in robotics.
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Highlander Combat Robotics
Machine-Based Learning
Highlander Combat Robotics — a project of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers — provides students the opportunity to build and battle their bots against each other, an fun experience that also serves as a “a gateway to practical learning"
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Match challenge students with car
Engineering student professional organizations soar to success
Financial support from October’s annual BCOE Match Challenge helped drum up donations for student professional organizations, totaling the most donors in the challenge’s six-year history.
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