Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
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Bow Leg Hopper A novel, single-leg, dynamically stabilized planar robot that efficiently traverses rugged terrains under computer control. |
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Formal Verification of Autonomous Systems We are developing tools and techniques to support formal verification of autonomous systems. |
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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. |
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Inter-Process Communication Package (IPC) We are developing a high-level support package for connecting and sending data among processes using TCP / IP sockets. |
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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. |
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| Lunar Ice Discovery Initiative (Icebreaker) Icebreaker is a proposed mission to explore the south pole of the Moon. |
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Mars Autonomy Long-distance marsrover navigation with minimal human intervention. |
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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. |
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Very Rough Terrain Nonholonomic Trajectory Generation and Motion Planning for Rovers We are developing rough terrain trajectory generation algorithms for local path planning and optimal regional motion planning methods using a constrained search space. |
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