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RI’s Whitman Competes on Discovery’s “Big Brain Theory”

Eric Whitman, a fifth-year Ph.D. student in the Robotics Institute, was one of 10 people who compete in the new Discovery Channel series, "Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius" hosted by Kal Penn. The show, which seeks to identify talented young innovators, will premiere at 10 p.m. May 1.

Hear Me Launches School Climate Campaign

The Hear Me Project of the Robotics Institute’s CREATE Lab will launch a new four-month campaign focused on the theme of School Climate with an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Big Dog Coffee, 2717 Sarah St., on the South Side.

Nourbakhsh Joins Hillman Photography Initiative

Illah Nourbakhsh, professor of robotics, is one of five agents in the Carnegie Museum of Art's new Hillman Photography Initiative. The initiative aims to be a living laboratory for exploring the rapidly changing field of photography and its impact on the world.

Whittaker Talks Driverless Cars

William “Red” Whittaker, professor of robotics, talked with the Big Picture Science radio show about driverless cars. Listen to his interview about the technology and where it is taking us. Whittaker is a pioneer of autonomous navigation and led Carnegie Mellon's victorious Tartan Racing Team in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge robot race.

National Robotics Week Features Daniel Wilson Lecture, Demos

Carnegie Mellon University will celebrate National Robotics Week with a lecture by author and Robotics Institute alumnus Daniel H. Wilson, the annual Mobot mobile robot races and robot demonstrations by Robotics Institute researchers. These public events will be April 18-19, coinciding with the university’s annual Spring Carnival. National Robotics Week this year is geared toward [...]

Nourbakhsh’s Book Suggests Humans Brace Themselves for Robo-Innovation

Robots already vacuum our floors, help dispose of bombs and are exploring Mars. But in his new book, “Robot Futures,” Illah Nourbakhsh, professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, argues that robots are not just wondrous machines, but a new species that bridges the material and digital worlds. The ramifications for society are both good and bad, he says, and people need to start thinking about that.

Human-Scale CHIMP Robot Has Four Limbs, But Moves Like a Tank

A team from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center is building a new class of robot to compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Robotics Challenge — a human-size robot that moves, not by walking, but on rubberized tracks on the extremities of each of its four limbs. Though the appearance of the CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform, or CHIMP, is vaguely simian, its normal mode of locomotion will be much like that of a tank, with the tracks of all four limbs on the ground.