Robotics Institute: Field Robotics Center

Field Robotics Center (FRC)

FRC
The Robotics Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh PA 15213-3890


Current Projects [Past Projects]

		Advanced Sensor Based Defect Management at Construction Sites This research project builds on, combines and extends the advances in generating 3D environments using laser scanners.

		Autonomous Ground Vehicle Design Pursuing high speed navigation of unrehearsed terrain in pursuit of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge

		Autonomous Mobile Assembly The ACE project is concerned with autonomous mobile assembly.

		CTA Robotics This project adresses the problems of scene interpretation and path planning for mobile robot navigation in natural environment.

		Cognitive Colonies We are developing the basic principles that will best govern a group of robots trying to do useful work in difficult and hazardous environments.

		Comprehensive Automation for Specialty Crops CASC is a multi-institutional initiative led by Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute to comprehensively address the needs of specialty agriculture focusing on apples and horticultural stock.

		DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer The DEPTHX: Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer project is developing an autonomy for underwater explorers to enable them to map their environment and plan and execute science investigations. The DEPTHX vehicle will explore the flooded caverns of the Zacaton Cenote in Mexico in 2006.

		Dismount Control Project We are deveopling Dismount, a system used to track position of an individual and programming a robot to follow it.

		Distributed Robot Architectures The primary objective of this project is to develop fundamental capabilities that enable multiple, distributed, heterogeneous robots to coordinate tasks that cannot be accomplished by the robots individually.

		EMBER The Ember project uses multi-agent teams, comprised of autonomous and human agents, to achieve effective results under emergency situations.

		Enhanced Real Time Motion Planning This project aims to generate new representations and algorithms to improve on-road motion planning.

		Enhanced Road Network Data from Overhead Imagery This project aims to enhance existing digital maps by extracting structure from aerial images.

		EventScope EventScope's goal is to develop a teaching tool that lets students actively explore 3D representations of NASA mission sites while participating in a cross-disciplinary curriculum that illustrates scientific theories and principles with real-world data from the site.

		Expeditionary Target Identification and Exchange System we are developing ETIES, a modular software system that provides for target identification, handoff, and engagement.

		Ferret We have developed a mine mapping robot.

		Google Lunar X Prize We are part of a $30 million international competition to safely land a robot on the surface of the Moon, travel 500 meters over the lunar surface, and send images and data back to the Earth.

		Human Odometer We are developing the Human Odometer - a system designed for situational awareness for firefighter tracking.

		LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer The LORAX: Life on Ice, Robotic Antarctic Explorer project is preparing technology for a robotic investigation of microorganisms surviving within the near-surface ice of the Antarctic plateau.

		Land Mine Detection and Neutralization

		Life in the Atacama Robotic field investigation will bring new scientific understanding of the Atacama as a habitat for life with distinct analogies to Mars.

		Lunar Ice Discovery Initiative Icebreaker is a proposed mission to explore the south pole of the Moon.

		Lunar Rover for Polar Crater Exploration The Scarab lunar rover has been designed to carry a 1-meter coring drill and a payload of science instruments that can analyze the abundance of hydrogen, oxygen and other materials.

		Mars Autonomy Long-distance marsrover navigation with minimal human intervention.

		Motion Free Scanning Radar We incorporate the current state of the art in non-mechanical scanning antenna technology with advanced millimeter-wave ranging technology to enable a small, reliable, and affordable imaging-radar sensor with no moving parts. Sensors will be demonstrated on the sponsor's equipment in typical operating scenarios and environments.

		Pioneer Robots for Chornobyl Stabilization

		Science Autonomy The Science Autonomy project seeks to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of robotic planetary investigations by enabling automatic detection of relevant science features, classification of feature properties, and exploration planning that responds on-the-fly.

		Sense and Avoid We are developing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that sense and avoid autonomously.

		TRESTLE: Autonomous Assembly by Teams of Coordinated Robots The TRESTLE project is developing the architectural framework necessary to coordinate robots performing complex assembly projects.

		Tartan Racing Carnegie Mellon University is teaming with General Motors to compete in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.

		Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Security We are developing autonomous ATVs to secure borders and facility perimeters.

		VISTA On the Vista project we are developing devices that image upto a full 360 degrees in azimuth. The imagery we are getting is ideal for estimation of egomotion (localization) as well as for extracting shape from a sequence of images.

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