Category: Engineering

David Held, an associate professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, is one of two CMU faculty members selected to lead teams receiving Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) funding from the Department…

03/26/2024    Aaron Auperlee

Carnegie Mellon University researchers teamed up with scientists at NASA to develop a robot capable of searching underwater oceans on distant planets for signs of life.

NASA’s Exobiology…

03/06/2024    Aaron Aupperlee

The CMU team is monitoring four small satellites as they communicate with each other, determining where they are relative to one another and autonomously maneuvering to stay within…

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CyberDog 2 was announced in 2023 by Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi. The second generation in the CyberDog series, the new model is smaller, lighter, and more capable than its predecessor. The company described it as a “bionic…

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CyberOne was unveiled by Lei Jun, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi at a company event in Beijing in 2022.

The humanoid is the newest member of Xiaomi’s Cyber series, joining quadruped robots CyberDog…

The latest project, now nearing completion after three years, includes not only robotic inspection of natural gas pipes but also repair via robot. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the Advanced Research Projects…

January 8, 2024   

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A bright dome of light pierced the night. As the light grew brighter and larger, it rose into the sky, taking the shape of a rocket dashing into space, a…

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Viam Robotics was founded in 2020 by Eliot Horowitz, the co-founder of MongoDB. Viam aims to build a robotics software platform that allows developers to create, configure, and control robots from anywhere, regardless of hardware or…