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Project Spotlight

Check out what projects current students are working on!

MRSD Comes Full-Circle

Let me tell you why our 13th cohort of MRSD is something special. We’ve come full circle in the coolest way possible.

For the first time ever, we’ve got an MRSD founded startup sponsoring one of our projects! Team ZAAPP is sponsored by moss.ag founded by Di Hu (MRSD 2023) and Shrijit Singh (MRSD 2023), beware unsuspecting weeds!

A First of Many!

And that’s just the start of it. We’re breaking records left and right! This cohort is the first to roll in with a team of 6 people. Yep, you heard that right – 6! It’s the biggest squad we’ve ever had in MRSD history. And you thought it was hard making your ILRs unique.

A Trailblazing Mix

This cohort has a wonderful mix of industrial and academic projects. 

We’ve got ground robots, drones, surgical robots and virtual reality avatars! So yeah, this cohort isn’t just your average group of students.

With a record number of 5 industrial sponsored projects this time, we’re paving the way, shaking things up, and having a blast while we’re at it!

CreoClean
Our goal is to remove
humans from the process of cleaning toxic chemical waste.
Industrial
Cleaning
(Koppers)
EmberEye
An autonomous aerial system capable of mapping wildfire hotspots, aiding first responders in strategizing their missions.
Wildfire
Monitoring
(CMU AirLab)
Perciv
We are enabling precise teleoperation of vehicles using infrastructure sensors.
Vehicle
Teleop
(Nissan)
NiMo
Autonomous nitrate monitorring in cornstalks to conserve fertilizer.
Agtech
(CMU RI)
ParaDocs
Innovative registration method with motion compensation to support knee replacement surgery.
Surgical
Robotics
(Smith&Nephew)
ZAAPP
Our project involves the identification and localization of weeds, to ultimately spray or lase them
Agtech
(MOSS)
Sputnik
We hope to drive photorealistic human avatars using a drone.
Virtual
Reality
(META)
Arbor
We all love trees, but almost nobody wants to plant them. fewer have the resources. enter robots.
REFORESTATION
(CMU Airlab)
Orbiters
Imagine robots zipping through medical supply areas, inspecting and retrieving.
Healthcare
(CMU RI)