Four inventions that trace their origins to the School of Computer Science and, particularly, the Robotics Institute, have been honored by the annual Best of What’s New Awards by Popular Science.

This year’s winners, published in the magazine’s December issue, include the Flex System, a neck surgery tool based on snake robot research; 360fly, a panoramic video camera; 3-D Object Manipulation Software, a photo editing tool, and LiveLight, a method for automatically editing out the boring parts of personal or security videos.