System Allows Extra Time For Pedestrians With Disabilities Photos from Downtown Pittsburgh and East Liberty intersections featuring Smart Cities traffic technology for the upcoming Marketing effort. PITTSBURGH— Smart traffic signals that are designed to improve the flow of traffic also could help pedestrians with visual or other disabilities safely cross streets, or even [...]

Stacey Federoff Digital Producer Pittsburgh Business Times Sep 19, 2017, 2:25pm EDT Smart traffic signals could communicate with pedestrians’ smartphones to change lights in real time, thanks to a two-year project underway at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. A $2 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration will help fund work led by CMU robotics [...]

Critical instant analysis, a new process for improved structural optimization in additive manufacturing, unveils the possibility of designing products that are lighter in weight and cheaper to produce. Credit: Burak Kara and Erva Ulu, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University September 18, 2017 by Nathan Healy, PHYS.ORG It's never long before the [...]

Learning tool will be field-tested in Africa for 15 months By Shilo Rea & Byron Spice RoboTutor LLC, a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff created by Professor Jack Mostow, was named one of five Global Learning XPRIZE finalists for its RoboTutor software, educational technology that teaches children basic math and reading skills. The XPRIZE competition is [...]

Original story with video World Headquarters To Be Built In Strip District September 18, 2017 7:49 PM By Andy Sheehan PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Move over Uber, there’s a new self-driving kid in town. Ford Motor Company is taking a $1 billion stake in a Pittsburgh start-up called Argo AI, now one of four local companies [...]

Joseph Dussault Staff, The Christian Science Monitor September 11, 2017 — Single-purpose, assistive devices have given way to more accessible – and affordable – apps. Perhaps just as valuable is the glimpse into the capable lives of people with limited vision that apps like BlindWays offer. When asked how technology might improve the lives of [...]

The maturity of automated technology used in manufacturing is all over the map, says Carnegie Mellon Prof. Howie Choset, but there are concrete ways to fix that. By Stephanie Condon for Between the Lines | September 4, 2017 -- 12:00 GMT (05:00 PDT) | Topic: Innovation There's strong demand in the business world for robotics, [...]

Each summer, dozens of talented undergraduates from around the world come to Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute for its Summer Scholars program, an intensive 11-week program introducing them to state-of-the-art robotics research. This summer, CMU RISS is launching a partnership with DJI, the world's leading company in the civilian-drone industry. DJI directors and engineers partnered [...]

Angel Jordan, who played a pivotal role in establishing Carnegie Mellon University as one of the leading engineering, computer science and robotics institutions in the world, died Friday. He was 86. Jordan, University Professor Emeritus and a member of the prestigious National Academy of Engineering, served as CMU’s provost from 1983 to 1991, and was [...]

Congressman Mike Doyle placed each of the Girls of Steel names in a Congressional Record for the 7th consecutive year. It also includes George Kantor's name for winning the FIRST Woodie Flowers Award.