RI Life Archives - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Robotics Institute Summer Scholars Strengthens Ties With University of Guadalajara

Martial Hebert and Marco Antonio Pérez Cisneros The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Summer Scholars program (RISS) has launched a partnership with the University of Guadalajara (UdeG) to create pathways for undergraduate researchers from Mexico to engage with robotics and artificial intelligence research. The collaboration with UdeG’s University Center of Exact Sciences and [...]

MRSD Students Stand Out as Top Swartz Fellowship Recipients

2026 MRSD Swartz Fellows Abhishek Mathur and Gweneth Ge. MRSD students have many things in common. Hardworking, intelligent, and driven, students in the program continually stand out in their projects and industry knowledge that they apply both within and after their time in graduate school. However, several MRSD students share another thing in [...]

Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Look Into the AI Maker Space

Greg Armstrong (manager) and Leonardo Mouta (student worker) calibrate robots in the AI Maker Space. At the Carnegie Mellon University AI Maker Space, interdisciplinary collaboration thrives. Here, a biology student might work alongside a computer science major, while across the room, a business student brainstorms with an artist. The only prerequisite? Curiosity. In [...]