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		Chris Atkeson Professor, RI/HCII Email: Office: NSH A527 Fax: 412-268-6436   Mailing address: Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Administrative Assistant: Lynnetta J. Miller Affiliated Center(s):  Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT)  Center for the Foundations of Robotics (CFR) Personal Homepage

Current Projects
		Dynamic Biped We are developing a new series of bipedal walking robots that use passive-dynamic principles.
		Informedia Digital Video Library Informedia Digital Video Library - Informedia is pioneering new approaches for automated video and audio indexing, navigation, visualization, summarization search, and retrieval and embedding them in systems for use in education, health care, defense intelligence and understanding of human activity.
		Learning Locomotion Robust planning and control of the quadruped robot "Little Dog" to traverse rough terrain (DARPA sponsored).
		Navigation Among Movable Obstacles (NAMO) Autonomous motion planning and control for robots working in reconfigurable environments.
		Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) QoLT is a unique partnership between Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh that brings together a cross-disciplinary team of technologists, clinicians, industry partners, end users, and other stakeholders to create revolutionary technologies that will improve and sustain the quality of life for all people. Note: The QoLT Project has been superseded by the QoLT Center.