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CMU Advances Defense Manufacturing and Military Education at Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit
Carnegie Mellon University showcased a number of exciting new partnerships, technologies and research during the 2026 Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit. The event, hosted by U.S. Sen. David McCormick, ran from July 14-15 at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Carnegie Foundry, Carnegie Mellon and American Drone Manufacturers Launch Initiative to Supercharge America’s Drone Manufacturing Base
Leveraging more than $50 million in Carnegie Mellon investments in robotics, advanced manufacturing and commercialization infrastructure, the initiative brings together CMU’s National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), Carnegie Foundry and multiple leading U.S. drone manufacturers to create a new Autonomous Systems Manufacturing Platform (ASMP).
Fujitsu Joins CMU Robotics Innovation Center
Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) welcomed global technology company Fujitsu Limited as its latest corporate tenant in the university’s robotics and artificial intelligence research facility at Hazelwood Green.
The Missing Infrastructure for AI-Powered Robots
The Breakdown: RIO lets researchers use the same software across different robots, reducing the need to rebuild code for each new platform. This functionality speeds up robot setup and lets researchers spend more time developing and testing robot behaviors. The system helps accelerate robotics research[...]
CMU Researchers Train Robots With Internet Videos
The Breakdown: VideoManip teaches robots manipulation skills using videos of people interacting with objects. It reconstructs movements and estimates how people make contact with objects. The system helps robots learn new skills without time-consuming, human-operated demonstrations. * * * Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's School[...]
Carnegie Mellon Team Helps Farmers Fight Crop Disease With Robots
Fire blight can devastate orchards, killing branches and entire trees while causing major economic losses for growers. To help farmers detect the disease earlier and reduce the spread of infection, a team of students from Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) developed a robotic solution[...]