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The safety yellow robots in the Hinds classroom are stand-ins for ARMOR 1’s six enormous gantry cranes. Once in operation, the vessel’s cranes will operate simultaneously to move concrete mat from the barge to the deck. According to Cross, the cranes will be able to lift two squares of articulated concrete mat (ACM) at a time for a total weight of over four tons.

Armor 1 Training

USACE Vicksburg District worked with NREC to design a tailor-made curriculum for district operators

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Real List Connectors

NREC Director, Dr. Herman Herman is among Technical.ly's 100 influential leaders to know in Pittsburgh tech

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Pittsburgh's Autonomy Sector

A history of partnerships and investment

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Carnegie Foundry Investment

U.S. Steel announces strategic investment to accelerate advanced robotics

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2022 Tech Trends in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is home to NREC, which has been a key driver in the establishment of the city’s famous “Robotics Row”

Pennsylvania Business Report

Flexing Pittsburgh's Robotic Prowess

Positioned to help meet America's greatest manufacturing challenges

Pennsylvania Business Report

Pittsburgh: How Robotics Saved a City

From dying steel town to global robotics hub

Pennsylvania Business Report

CMU robotic center transforms Pittsburgh economy, industry

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Want to find the future of Pittsburgh robotics?

Check out what’s going on at NREC

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Lawrenceville's unfinished business

An integral part of the city’s Robotics Row

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Robotics Investment

A Pittsburgh start-up receives investment to develop new robotic systems

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Fast Company

How do you create the most productive environment for your employees?

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Supply Chain Drive

Robots, automation seen as solutions to social distancing hurdles in supply chain

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Army AI Task Force Develops AI-Enabled System

In conjunction with NREC, CMU, U.S. Army develops AI-enabled system that could radically transform future

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Military drills for robots

Army researchers test human-like robots

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AI Task Force Taking Giant Leaps Forward

Army Futures Command and NREC/CMU are working on cutting-edge applications

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The Washington Times

U.S. Army banks on artificial intelligence to beat China and Russia

Pittsburgh Could Lead The Way In America’s Robotic & Artificial Intelligence Future

KDKA

Pittsburgh Could Lead The Way In America’s Robotic & Artificial Intelligence Future

Trades Embrace Robotics on Construction Sites

Robotics Online

Trades Embrace Robotics on Construction Sites

Universities driving robotics research and development

Control Engineering

Universities driving robotics research and development

Steely resolve: Carnegie Mellon University fuels Pittsburgh's post-industrial reinvention

Building Design + Construction

Steely resolve: Carnegie Mellon University fuels Pittsburgh's post-industrial reinvention

Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry

Nature

Junior AI researchers are in demand by universities and industry

NREC's projects in the high bay

Kicking Roboburgh Into High Gear

The Robotics Industries Association announces a partnership with the Pittsburgh Robotics Network, of which NREC is a prominent member

the 45-foot-tall structure outside Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center in Lawrenceville is the center's tallest robot

Trib Live

Towering 45 feet above Lawrenceville, NREC's latest robot is its tallest

NREC's CHIMP featured in Wired.

WIRED

Chimp the robot’s still got it.

Robots are replacing humans in the world's mines. Here's why.

NBC News

Even in our digital age, some jobs remain almost as dirty and dangerous as ever.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

CMU researchers want to create a museum for retired robots

CAT autonomous truck.

Advanced Manufacturing Media

With Heavy Vehicles, Self-Driving Is Old Hat

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Pittsburgh City Paper

U.S. Department of State brings Experience America trip to Pittsburgh

Serbian Ambassador poses with CHIMP at the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

WESA

Foreign Ambassadors Descend On Pittsburgh For State Department's Experience America Program

The Washington Post

Meet Sea Hunter, the 130-foot unmanned vessel the Navy wants to hunt submarines

Self-driving cars of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

Motherboard

The Head of CMU's Robotics Lab Says Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Not Even Close’

Autonomous dump truck of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

MIT Technology Review

Mining 24 Hours a Day with Robots

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CMU Press Release

National Robotics Engineering Center Selected for $11 Million in Research Projects

CHIMP robot of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

Trib Total Media

CMU robotics center rebuilding staff after 'Uber crisis'

Autonomous helicopter of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

CMU Press Release

Carnegie Mellon and Sikorsky Team Up for Unprecedented Robotic Mission

NREC's projects in the high bay

The New York Times

Uber Would Like to Buy Your Robotics Department

National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) group celebrates with giant check.

CMU Press Release

Robot finishes Third in DARPA Robotics Challenge

CHIMP robot of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

BBC News

Robot tests on nuclear sites as UK ramps up research

Autonomous helicopter of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

The Wall Street Journal

Sikorsky and NREC Partner to Demonstrate Autonomous UGV Delivery

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Office of Naval Research Continues Cargo UGV Project with Oshkosh Defense

CHIMP robot of the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).

CBS News

Maybe not sci-fi, but robots readied for big tests

CMU Press Release

Team’s CHIMP Robot Among Top Scorers at DARPA DRC Trials This Weekend