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		Prasanna Velagapudi Project Scientist, RI Email: Office: NSH 4502 Phone: (412) 268-3818   Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Affiliated Center(s):  Center for Integrated Manfacturing Decision Systems (CIMDS) Personal Homepage

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		HERB Debuts in Oreo “Cookie vs. Creme” Video March 08, 2013. The Robotics Institute’s Home Exploring Robot Butler, better known as HERB, is featured in a YouTube video that is part of Oreo’s ongoing “Cookie vs. Creme” campaign. The video, shot Feb. 12 in the Personal Robotics Lab in Newell-Simon Hall, debuted March 8.
		Platypus airboats have a Nexus S for a brain, we go eyes-on (video) February 28, 2013. Here's another extremely cool offshoot of the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute. Platypus LLC build autonomous robotic airboats that can be deployed for a wide range of usages including environmental data and monitoring hard-to-reach spots after natural disasters like flooding.
		CMU startup adds robotics to water September 07, 2012. On a recent, hot Friday afternoon members of the Platypus team were gathered around a pond in Schenley Park below the Carnegie Mellon University testing their technology.