MS in Robotics at Northwestern University

05/11/2026

Logan Boswell’s (MSR ‘25) summer internship work helped ensure Air Force pilots have an accurate view out of the cockpits of their high-performance fighter jets.

Logan Bowell’s (MSR ‘25) summer internship work helped ensure Air Force pilots have an accurate view out of the cockpits of their high-performance fighter jets.

04/29/2026

Catherine Maglione (MSR ‘25) spent her MSR internship developing AI-driven painting systems for one of the most influential forces in contemporary art.

04/16/2026

Sharwin Patil (MSR ‘25) springboarded from his final MSR project—an effort to help other roboticists—to a full-time role helping a startup attempt to revolutionize online grocery fulfillment.

02/06/2026

Kassidy Shedd (MSR '24) has spent years fascinated by medical technology and how it can help people. She has a particular interest in surgical robots, but she knows their high price tag puts them out of reach for many hospitals.

For her final project in Northwestern Engineering's Master of Science in Robotics (MSR) program, she decided to create an alternative.

Kassidy Shedd (MSR '24) used her MSR final project to explore how to make robot-assisted surgeries more accessible.

01/09/2026

Graduates leave prepared for diverse careers in robotics. Northwestern's MS in Robotics at Northwestern University program is designed to provide intense, hands-on training to bridge the knowledge and experience gap between an undergraduate engineering degree and a career in robotics.

Learn more at our upcoming online information session on Monday, January 12 at 9:00 a.m. CST.

Register at bit.ly/4j6oODQ

01/07/2026

More than 100 graduates, faculty, and guests returned to campus this fall to recognize the program's past, present, and future. Liz Metzger (MSR '23), Nick Morales (MSR '23), and Dilan Wijesinghe (MSR '23) recently looked back on the experience.

More than 100 graduates, faculty, and guests returned to campus to recognize the program's past, present, and future.

12/09/2025

Kris Weng (MSR '25) used his MSR final project to develop a dextrous robotic arm that learns as it provides assistance. “There is quite a paradigm shift in terms of how robots are getting controlled with AI,” Weng said. “This was quite an interesting opportunity to investigate the limit of what a robot hand could do.”

Kris Weng (MSR '25) used his MSR final project to develop a dextrous robotic hand and arm that learns as it provides assistance.

12/05/2025

Graduates leave prepared for diverse careers in robotics. Northwestern's MS in Robotics at Northwestern University program is designed to provide intense, hands-on training to bridge the knowledge and experience gap between an undergraduate engineering degree and a career in robotics.

Learn more at our upcoming online information session on Tuesday, December 9 at 9:00 a.m. CST.

Register at bit.ly/4oSwBHf