Category: Engineering

History

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…

Akhil Padmanabha knows about itching. His chronic itching caused by severe eczema was so debilitating that he was hospitalized twice and had to be home-schooled during most of his high school years. Itch so impacted his life that, as an…

Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science (SCS) has launched a new undergraduate degree to educate and train the next generation of roboticists needed for the growing field.

The Bachelor of Science in Robotics will fuse the…

History

In 2021, Boston Dynamics, the robotics firm famous for its dancing quadrupeds and jumping humanoids, introduced a more tame robot. Stretch is the company’s first warehouse-specific robot, capable of autonomously unloading boxes from a…

Most people take getting dressed for granted. But data from the National Center for Health Statistics reveals that 92% of nursing facility residents and at-home care patients require assistance with dressing.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon…

08/08/2023    Aaron Aupperlee

CMU, Meta AI Researchers Develop Robotic Learning Agent That Can Master Multiple Skills

RoboAgent can complete 12 manipulation skills across differing scenes. This research points toward a…