The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies University of Iowa: 1 model.
Overview
Public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, founded 1847. Robotics research through the UI Robotics and Sensing Lab and VRAC focuses on surgical robotics, rehabilitation robotics, and haptic interfaces.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Status
Type
RAD Lab
Soft Robotics
CAS Lab
HIR Lab
Nomad Robot
Key Faculty
Research Areas
DARPA Director's Fellowship
Models (1)
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Every company University of Iowa has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
University of Iowa on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (7)
- Deema Totah Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & RAD Lab Directorsecondary-verified
- Caterina Lamuta Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & Soft Robotics Pioneersecondary-verified
- Venanzio Cichella Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering & CAS Lab Directorsecondary-verified
- Rachel Vitali Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering & HIR Lab Directorsecondary-verified
- Geb W. Thomas Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineeringsecondary-verified
- Er-Wei Bai College of Engineering Distinguished Professor, ECEsecondary-verified
- Karim Abdel-Malek Professor, Biomedical & Mechanical Engineeringsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of Iowa.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
University of Iowa on the data-center map
Every verified data center University of Iowa operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
University of Iowa data centers (1)
AI data centers University of Iowa operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
University of Iowa in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company University of Iowa has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—operating
- university-of-iowa x awswithAWS976technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Common questions
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Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for University of Iowa.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning University of Iowa from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Iowa marching band member taken off life support after collapse in extreme heat
<ul><li><p>Derek Phillips suffered cardiac arrest at football game</p></li><li><p>Temperatures reached 94F in Iowa City on Saturday</p></li><li><p>University has not said whether…
University of Iowa acquires da Vinci surgical robots: 'This is the future'
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics became the first in Iowa to acquire three Intuitive Surgical da Vinci 5 robotic-assisted surgery systems. Cardiothoracic surgeon John Keech…
ME PhD candidate gains acclaim researching soft robots
Rabiu Mamman, a third-year PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa, is researching novel artificial muscles for soft robots. Named a Golden Torch Award…
DARPA Director's Fellowship recognizes ME professor's progress on octopus-inspired robot
Caterina Lamuta, UI assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received the selective DARPA Director's Fellowship to continue development of an underwater robot mimicking…
UI engineering professor receives 2023 Young Investigator Program Award for naval research
The Office of Naval Research awarded Caterina Lamuta 02,242 over three years for 'Softopus,' a soft underwater robot with octopus form and capabilities including adaptive texture…
FAA investigates crash of 00,000 University of Iowa drone
The FAA investigated the crash of a 00,000 University of Iowa research drone (Latitude HQ90B, 100-pound drone with 18-foot wingspan) that became unresponsive during a flight and…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/university-of-iowa.md
- RSS feed: /companies/university-of-iowa/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/2fd26477-d456-4e7c-9e39-79ea25a1021b
- Revision history: /companies/university-of-iowa/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
University of Iowa draws attention at the 23rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 5, 2026