At around 11:40 a.m. June 22, the WPI High Power Rocketry Club crew launched Capricornus, its solid-fueled rocket, into the skies over New Mexico. Blasting just beyond its 10,000-foot goal, the 12-foot-long, 70-pound rocket deployed its parachute after reaching an apogee of 10,264 feet, and gently returned to the ground.

At WPI, great ideas with global impact lead to breakthrough products and services. The Office of Technology Commercialization works with faculty and students to encourage entrepreneurism, protect inventions, and secure outside partnerships.

Robots are not an uncommon sight at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), but a new fleet is causing some special excitement as Starship Technologies rolled out its on-campus robot food delivery service today. The cooler-sized robots will also venture onto a select number of surrounding city sidewalks to meet off-campus student demand. Learn more: https://www.wpi.edu/news/starship-technologies-launches-robot-food-delivery-service-wpi?utm_source=owned-tw_wpi-Press_release&utm_medium=Student_Life_&_Success&utm_campaign=marcom-community&utm_content=administration-starship

Students design and construct an outdoor nature-play space and bridge for inclusive education for learning disabled children and enhanced handicap access at the Farm Stay Project Center.

Provost Wole Soboyejo discusses how WPI’s Open STEM Education Initiative aims to continue leveraging the university’s expertise and resources for use around the world.

Students, faculty and staff at WPI can use the Makerspace to work on personal or school projects, or just tinker with an idea. They have access to specialized machines like 3D printers, and can check out tools.

During the 2022 FIRST Global Robotics Challenge, every participating team received a free XRP—a groundbreaking robotics platform created by WPI and DEKA Research and Development—that will transform STEM education through accessibility and affordability. Hear from two teams on how this will impact their communities.

Maanav Iyengar ’23 demonstrates the “Phase Maze,” a game being developed with support from the WPI Office of Technology and Commercialization. Learn more: https://www.wpi.edu/news/office-technology-commercialization-helps-navigate-ip-startup-maze