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CMU Spinoff Marinus Analytics Awarded AI XPRIZE Third Place
By Yana Ilieva Email A Carnegie Mellon University spinoff company, Marinus Analytics, won third place and $500,000 in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition, announced Wednesday, June 23, 2021. This XPRIZE is a global competition incentivizing the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for radical breakthroughs[...]
Shoot Better Drone Videos With a Single Word
Research From Robotics Ph.D. Maps Emotions to Robotic Behavior The pros make it look easy, but making a movie with a drone can be anything but. First, it takes skill to fly the often expensive pieces of equipment smoothly and without crashing. And once you've[...]
Carnegie Mellon, Richard King Mellon
Foundation Announce Historic Partnership to Accelerate CMU’s Science and Technology Leadership and the Transformation of Hazelwood Green Foundation approves record $150M grant to support cutting-edge science building on campus, and new robotics center and advanced manufacturing institute at Hazelwood Green Carnegie Mellon University and the[...]
CMU Leaves Marks on Mars
Wheels tested at CMU are driven on red planet By Jason Maderer Email Wearing 3D glasses and sitting at the flight operations console in Pasadena, California, Carnegie Mellon University graduate Vandi Verma (pictured at right) studies the contours and rocks that litter a barren landscape no human[...]
Send Your Name to the Moon Through Iris Fundraising Effort
The Carnegie Mellon University team sending a tiny rover to the moon in 2021 has invited more people along for the ride. The Iris lunar rover team launched a crowdfunding campaign this week to raise $50,000 to help with the final costs of their lunar[...]
CREATE Lab Honored For Monitoring Emissions at Shenango Coke Works – Joint Effort With Grassroots Advocates Highlighted Pollutants, Smells
Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab and the grassroots advocacy group Allegheny County Clean Air Now (ACCAN) are winners of an inaugural Constellation Prize for their collaboration on the Shenango Channel, an effort to highlight pollutants from a now-defunct coke works near Pittsburgh. The Constellation Prize[...]