TAGGED Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics

When neurosurgeons cut into the brain, they must be very, very precise: A single slip could mean disaster.

One robot that can retrieve objects drifting into deep water using a whirligig beetle’s swimming ability. Another that can deliver letters and greeting cards with the speed and grace of a dragonfly. Both were among the “Robo-Bugs” imagined and designed by third graders at Barclay Elementary/Middle School last fall.

Notable quotes and comments from Johns Hopkins Engineering faculty members.

Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell is designing a new image-guided surgical system that could give surgeons real-time visuals of the blood vessels, increasing precision and improving patient safety.