David Wettergreen - The Robotics Institute - CMU

David Wettergreen

Portrait of David Wettergreen
Research Professor / Director of the PhD Program
Home Department: RI
Office: 2115 Newell-Simon Hall
Administrative Assistant: Jean Harpley
Associated Center: FRC
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I create robots to explore the Earth and space. My research develops autonomous exploration: enabling robots to make decisions based on analysis of observations, measurements, models and plans in order to guide their own exploration and discovery. I investigate multi-modal perception, endurance navigation, resource-cognizant planning, scientific data analysis, and machine learning. These technologies are needed to create autonomous explorers on land, underwater, in the air and in space. Field experimentation is crucial to understanding performance so I deploy robots in relevant environments in support of scientific investigations. Applications include studying the biology, ecology and geology of extreme environments but also supporting monitoring in forestry and agriculture.  I instruct courses in systems engineering to teach the process of designing complex robotic systems and I advise students in research related to robotic exploration.

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MoonRanger

Robotic microrover being developed by Carnegie Mellon University and its spinoff Astrobotic