The Robotics Institute

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute


Past Projects [Current Projects]

		3D Grid Maps for Mobile Robot Perception We are developing a 3D grid approach to robot mapping that loves clutter.

		Ambler We are developing the Ambler, a six-legged walking robot that addresses the challenges of exploring rugged terrains, acquiring samples, and avoiding dangerous situations.

		As-Built Survey Project We are investigating the real-time monitoring of construction sites.

		Asbestos Pipe-Insulation Removal Robot System External pipe-crawling asbestos-removal robot

		Autonomous Cargo Trailer Transport System automated system for handling USPS mail trailers

		Autonomous Rover Technologies Pursuing breakthroughs and insights into fundamental aspects of robot perception, navigation, position estimation, and integrated exploratory science from a robot.

		Big Signal We are developing multidisciplinary projects that allow the public to remotely experience places they could not otherwise visit.

		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.

		Daedalus We deveopled Daedalus, a six-legged frame-walker with efficient redundant drive systems, for extreme terrain missions as part of the Lunar Rover Initiative.

		Dante I

		Dante II Planetary Exploration

		EnviroBlimp This project is investigating the use of a solar powered, autonomous airship for extended duration environmental sampling missions.

		Greenhouse Automation Learning to Classify Plants Using Computer Vision

		Ground Pressure Measurement System measures ground pressure as experienced by a land mine

		Highly Mobile Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle Autonomous cross-country navigation

		Houdini Reconfigurable in-tank mobile cleanup robot

		In-tank inspection mobile robot system reconfigurable robot system for in-situ visual and ultrasonic inspections

		Inflatable Rover Technologies We are developing inflatable rovers for exploration of extreme terrains.

		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.

		Lunar Rover Initiative first interactive space exploration event

		Lunar Rover Navigation Carnegie Mellon researchers are creating the prototype for a new lunar rover that can navigate rugged terrain autonomously and under supervisory control over thousands of kilometers of terrain. As part of this Lunar Rover Initiative, the LRD Navigation Group is developing the navigation system of the rover.

		Neptune II Underwater Robot

		Operator Interface for Robotic Applications an operator control station and interface which maximizes operator comfort and productivity

		Perception for Rock Sampling We are developing a set of perception modules for extracting the potential samples from visual data, building models of their shapes, and using the models to pick up and store the sample.

		Ranger We are developing a software control system for cross country autonomous vehicles called RANGER, for Real-time Autonomous Navigator with a Geometric Engine.

		Robotic All Terrain Lunar Exploration Rover Ratler is a battery-powered, four-wheeled, skid-steered vehicle used as a testbed to develop the remote driving techniques needed for a lunar mission.

		Robotic Antarctic Meteorite Search Developing robots to search for meteorites in Antarctica, as an analog of a planetary exploration robot.

		Robotic soccer-ball kicking leg experimental soccer- ball kicking robot for a large sports-shoe company

		Robust Navigation by Probabilistic Volumetric Sensing We are developing sensor-based software for utility mobile robots used in industrial transport, floor maintenance, security, etc.

		Rosie Robot for Decontamination and Dismantlement

		Skyworker Skyworker is an assembly, inspection, and maintenance robot that will softly and autonomously transport and manipulate payloads of kilograms to tons over kilometer distances.

		Solar Blade Solar Sail CMU is embarking on an effort to fly the first solar sail, a spacecraft that utilizes solar radiation pressure as its only means of propulsion and attitude control.

		Sun Synchronous Navigation We are developing the algorithms, technologies, and experiments that will fulfill the vision of sun-synchronous circumnavigation.

		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.

		Terrain Mapping We have developed an algorithm to build elevation maps from range images, accounting for the desired resolution and the current sensor orientation.

		Tessellator Space Shuttle Tile Inspector

		Urban Challenge

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