<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/releases/2024/spot-robot-grant.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>University News</category><pubDate>10/28/2024</pubDate><title>Engineering Professor Receives Major Grant to Advance Robotics Research</title><description>Dr. Shayok Mukhopadhyay and his team were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to acquire advanced technology that pushes the boundaries of robotic exploration in hazardous environments.</description><hide-description/><author>Caitlin Truesdale, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>October 28, 2024</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/engineering/news/2024/spot-robot.jpg" alt="Spot - The Agile Mobile Robot by Boston Dynamics"/></image><image-caption>Spot - The Agile Mobile Robot by Boston Dynamics</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-releases</tag><tag>year-2024</tag></tags></item>