The CraterGrader Team (MRSD 2023) - comprised of John Harrington, Ryan Lee, Alexander Pletta, Russell Q. Wong, and Benjamin Younes, supervised by William "Red" Whittaker - had their paper accepted and successfully presented at the prestigious Robotic Science and Systems (RSS) conference. The team’s efforts throughout their MRSD program culminated in an innovative system [...]
Paulo joined MRSD in the fall of 2018 after decades of work experience in industry. He achieved great things during MRSD, and has now founded his third company, Symbol. Read more about Paulo and his journey here: https://www.cmu.edu/engage/about-us/news/alumni/profile-pcamasmie.html
An MRSD team was selected for the finals in the Amazon Picking Challenge in Leipzig, Germany and and came in 7th out of 16. The 2016 Amazon Picking Challenge (the “Challenge”) is a skill Challenge sponsored by Amazon Robotics LLC (the “Sponsor”) aimed to strengthen the ties between the industrial and academic robotic communities and [...]
If there ever were a sign that we are “living in the future,” the ability to earn a degree in robotics (and to become a “Doctor of Robotics”) might be it. Though the earliest research programs in robotics started cropping up on select college campuses more than 50 years ago, it wasn’t until much more [...]