More than 1,000 area middle-school students will demonstrate their problem-solving skills, creative thinking and teamwork as they pit their customized robots against each other in the “Climate Connection” Challenge, hosted by the Robotics Academy.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University at Buffalo (UB), State University of New York, are collaborating on a five-year, $4.7 million effort to advance public transportation for people with disabilities by bringing together computer science technology and the principles of universal design.
Two groups of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute have received a total of $10 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build automated farming systems.
Popular Science has named Tartan Racing’s self-driving SUV, Boss, to its 21st annual “Best of What’s New” list.
Students from Pittsburgh, South Africa and Trinidad and Tobago are learning about each others lives and cultures by exchanging giant GigaPan panoramas--www.gigapan.org--that can be explored in detail on the computer. A show of their work will be on display from Nov. 5-16 at Artists Image Resource on Pittsburgh's North Side.
Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute is celebrating the 25 anniversary of Field Robotics and William L. "Red" Whittaker's 60th birthday.
The cool, rocky slopes of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano that is Hawaii’s highest mountain, will serve as a stand-in for the moon as researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, NASA and other organizations test a robot designed for lunar prospecting.
Researchers at the NREC are working with Caterpillar, Inc., to develop autonomous large haul trucks.
Disney has established a major research and development initiative at Carnegie Mellon University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich.
Carnegie Mellon University researchers have launched Robot250, a program in which students, families, artists and the general public can gather and build their own customized robots using cutting-edge technology and educational materials developed at the Robotics Institute.