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School of Computer Science Part of Two New NSF AI Institutes
Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science will contribute fundamental and cutting-edge research to a government-led push to bring about life-changing advances through artificial intelligence. The U.S. National Science Foundation today announced a $220 million investment in 11 new Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes. School of[...]
Robotics Institute Ph.D. Students Selected for Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Qualcomm has accepted Gengshan Yang and N Dinesh Reddy into its current class of Innovation Fellows for the pair's work on creating computer-generated 3D models of traffic, people, animals and their interactions in cities. They join 15 other projects selected from the hundreds that applied, and will[...]
New Algorithm May Help Autonomous Vehicles Navigate Narrow, Crowded Streets CMU Research Could Help Solve Last Mile Delivery Challenges
A CMU team developed a algorithm that could help an autonomous vehicle safely and efficiently navigate narrow, crowded streets like this one. It is a scenario familiar to anyone who has driven down a crowded, narrow street. Parked cars line both sides, and[...]
AI Allows Legged Robots To Adapt in Real-Time to Changing Conditions
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Facebook AI didn't just teach a robot to walk — they taught it how to learn to walk. The distinction is key. A major hurdle to deploying legged robots, whether with two, four or[...]
MoonRanger Passes Key NASA Review Ahead of Lunar Mission
MoonRanger, a suitcase-sized rover developed by CMU and its spinoff Astrobotic in collaboration with NASA's Ames Research Center, passed NASA's key decision point review and is in the final stages of preparation for a 2023 mission. Joint Project Between CMU, Astrobotic, NASA Ames[...]
Veloso Ranked Among Most Highly Influential Women in Engineering
Manuela Veloso, a renowned artificial intelligence researcher, computer scientist and roboticist at Carnegie Mellon University, is among the most influential women in engineering, according to a new list compiled by Academic Influence. The list of women includes astronauts, founders and CEOs of well-known technology and[...]