Robotics
IRobot Acquires Evolution Robotics For $74M
IRobot has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Evolution Robotics, developer of Mint and Mint Plus automatic floor cleaning robots, based in Pasadena, California.
IRobot will...
Carnegie Mellon, Disney Develop New Animation Models
Computer graphic artists who produce computer-animated movies and games spend much time creating subtle movements such as expressions on faces, gesticulations on bodies and...
Carnegie Mellon, Google Create New Tool For Accessing Imagery
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, working with colleagues at Google and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), have adapted their technology for interactively exploring time-lapse...
Carnegie Mellon Researcher Wins Borg Early Career Award
M. Bernardine Dias, associate research professor in Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute and the founder and director of the TechBridgeWorld program, will receive the...
Google, Boeing Chairmans Join FIRST Board
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, Google, and W. James (Jim) McNerney, Jr., chairman, president and CEO, The Boeing Company, have been elected to the board...