Toy Robots Initiative - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Toy Robots Initiative

Portrait of Toy Robots Initiative
Associated Lab: CREATE Lab
This Project is no longer active.

The Toy Robots Initiative operates under a set of guiding subgoals:


  • Excite and inspire public interest in robotics and in science and engineering in general
  • Educate users in robotics, engineering and the natural sciences
  • Utilize commercial sources of funding for robotics R&D
  • Provide a challenging and rewarding work environment for roboticists
  • Exploit high-volume manufacturing in the commercial sector to mitigate robotics costs

current head

Portrait of H. Benjamin Brown
H. Benjamin Brown
Portrait of Illah Nourbakhsh
Illah Nourbakhsh

current staff

Portrait of Christopher Bartley
Christopher Bartley
Portrait of Todd Camill
Todd Camill
Portrait of Emily Hamner
Emily Hamner
Portrait of Tom Lauwers
Tom Lauwers
Portrait of Josh Young
Josh Young
Portrait of Garth Zeglin
Garth Zeglin

past staff

  • Carl Francis DiSalvo
  • Brian Dunlavey
  • Grigoriy Reshko