7.4K views · 546 reactions | We're 149 years old today!  Shout out to our Hokies for keeping us young.  | Virginia Tech | Facebook

No, this isn't an episode of Black Mirror. 😆 New VT Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor, Kaveh Akbari Hamed, is studying legged locomotion, that will help those with disabilities to walk and assist or replace humans in hazardous environments. 🤖 🙌 Kaveh Akbari Hamed and his team will be developing control algorithms to change the behaviors of the robots, that were designed and manufactured Ghost Robotics. This will allow the machines to gallop, run, walk, and more. 😲 | Virginia Tech

3.7K views · 34 reactions | Bat biodiversity research is taking flight at Virginia Tech. 驪 Researchers in the Conservation Management Institute have partnered with the U.S. Department of the Interior and Navajo Nation to place bat monitoring devices in an ongoing study to catalog biodiversity and the spread of white nose syndrome. | Virginia Tech | Facebook