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Popular AI Models Aren’t Ready to Safely Power Robots
Rumaisa Azeem and Andrew Hundt, co-first authors of the paper. The Breakdown: Robots powered by popular AI models failed multiple safety and discrimination tests. The tests revealed deeper risks, including bias and unsafe physical behavior. The researchers call for regular risk assessments before[...]
New System Brings Human-Like Planning to Robots
The Breakdown SPOT helps robots understand their surroundings using 3D camera data. The system assists robots as they determine what objects to move and where to place them to reach a goal. SPOT enables intuitive, goal-driven robotic planning similar to how humans organize or clean[...]
CMU Collaborates on Project To Develop Future Robotic Wheelchair
Carnegie Mellon researchers will collaborate on a federally funded project to wholly rethink and redesign wheelchairs to incorporate new technologies and offer greater mobility.
New Model Helps Robots See in 3D
The Breakdown: Researchers developed a model that converts data into precise 3D maps. Trained on real-world scenes, the model captures both small details and large spaces with high precision. The research moves robotics closer to human-like spatial reasoning. *** Researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University[...]
Tracking Pollution Globally
CMU Researchers Team Up With Climate TRACE To Model Emissions Climate TRACE, a nonprofit co-founded by former Vice President Al Gore, released an air pollution monitoring tool that shows the flow of air pollution plumes from their sources. The tool relies on visualizations and modeling[...]
Dexterous Robots Move From Labs to Industry With NSF Support
The NSF Convergence Accelerator phase two kickoff meeting was held in Pittsburgh in July and brought the team together for knowledge transfer, strategy discussions, planning and demos. Work led by Carnegie Mellon University researchers to design better robotic hands for use in health,[...]