How can undergraduate students gain experience working with UAVs? Carnegie Mellon University and DJI hosted their third annual unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) workshop for the RI Summer Scholars. Since 2006, DJI has grown into the world’s leading producer of consumer [...]
Motion Tracking without Inhibitive Markers How can human motion tracking be made more accurate and robust? The Panoptic Studio Lab creates a way to accurately track human motion using only cameras. This approach accurately tracks motion when multiple overlapping bodies [...]
How can robots we robotics applications to help? Dr. Jordi Albo-Canals and his team at The Empowered Brain Institute have been working to use robotics applications to support all members of society. They’re focusing better understanding neurodiversity, which they define [...]
Who is Cooking Dinner? How robotics can help. How can robots teach themselves complex manipulation skills? Assistant Professor Oliver Kroemer and his team develop robots capable of learning complex manipulation tasks, such as cutting vegetables for meal preparation, measuring granular [...]
Tech & Transportation: Challenges & Opportunities for Smart Solutions Carnegie Mellon’s Mobility21 and RI Summer Scholars co-hosted a transportation and technology visit with technology demonstrations, short tech talks, and discussions about careers in STEM with the PA Rural Robotics Initiative [...]
Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Pioneered Autonomous Driving Carnegie Mellon University researchers were some of the earliest pioneers in autonomous driving technologies. This research and history has had a profound impact on the development of intelligent vehicle technologies worldwide. In this [...]
Learning from Insects and the Natural World How can roboticists learn from insects and the natural world? Dr. Temel and her research team develop ways to use robots in surgery, search-and-rescue missions, multi-agent systems, and micromanipulation. In this lunch and [...]
How can assistive robots improve people’s lives? How assistive robots improve people’s lives? Dr. Henny Admoni and the Human And Robot Partners (HARP) lab specialize in fully autonomous robotics applications that can recognize human intent and take an active role [...]
Dr. Judith Hallinen Shares Broaden Participation Approaches For more than half a decade, RISS has partnered with Carnegie Mellon’s Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning and Outreach to share robotics research with teachers, students, and visiting delegations. Dr. Judith Hallinen, [...]
Changing the Way We Learn: Intelligent Tutors Can robotics and AI help students around the world learn basic numeracy and literacy? Dr. Jack Mostow and the team at RoboTutor think that intelligent tutors can fundamentally change the way we learn. [...]
