News
Hebert Named Dean of Carnegie Mellon’s Top-Ranked School of Computer Science
Acclaimed computer scientist and AI researcher has led Robotics Institute since 2014 PITTSBURGH—Martial Hebert, a leading researcher in computer vision and robotics, has been named dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s world-renowned School of Computer Science (SCS), effective August 15. Hebert, director of the[...]
Air Lab Presents Work on Autonomous Aerial Cinematography at IROS and ICRA 2019
Recently published work, "Autonomous Aerial Cinematography In Unstructured Environments With Artistic Decision-Making", outlines a flying robotic system for filmmaking with creativity firmly in the driver's seat. From the paper: Aerial cinematography is revolutionizing industries that require live and dynamic camera viewpoints such as entertainment, sports,[...]
“Visual Knitting Machine Programming” to be presented at SIGGRAPH 2019
Vidya Narayanan (CSD) and collaborator Kui Wu (University of Utah) will present the CMU Textiles Lab paper "Visual Knitting Machine Programming" at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles. The paper will be part of the "Textiles and Fabrication" session on Tuesday July 30th from 2pm-3:30pm The paper[...]
James McCann to run SIGGRAPH Frontiers workshop: “Textiles: Virtual to Actual”
James McCann is running a SIGGRAPH Frontiers workshop titled "Textiles: Virtual to Actual" at SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles. The workshop will be from 9am to 5pm on Sunday, July 28th [https://s2019.siggraph.org/conference/programs-events/organization-events/frontiers-workshops/textiles-virtual-to-actual/?sess=sess301]. It features talks from folks in the textiles industry about what problems graphics may[...]
Robotiq Blog: The Cobot Experience: Changliu Liu & The Difference Between Technology and Fantasy
Carnegie Mellon's Changliu Liu talks cobot safety, the importance of having realistic expectations of what cobots can and can't do and her vision of a manufacturing world after cobots. Read the full interview here: https://blog.robotiq.com/the-cobot-experience-series-changliu-liu
NASA has chosen CMU and Astrobotic to build a rover, under the direction of Professor Red Whittaker, that will land on the moon as early as 2021. This is the third moon research project for Whittaker that has been announced since early June
NASA Selects Carnegie Mellon, Astrobotic To Build Lunar Robot CMU's Red Whittaker Adds a Third Moon Project to His To-Do List Byron Spice Tuesday, July 2, 2019 NASA has chosen Carnegie Mellon University and Astrobotic to build a rover that will land on the[...]