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Keeping Robots Moving in Extreme Environments - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University The Breakdown:  Super Odometry helps robots keep their sense of direction when smoke, darkness or dust block their cameras. The system allows robots to rely on internal motion sensors when they can’t see clearly. In real-world tests, it kept robots

Super Odometry allows robots to complete missions in scenarios that would normally stop them in their tracks.

Heidari Appointed to UN Panel on AI The United Nations appointed SCS faculty member Hoda Heidari to its first-ever global scientific panel on AI.

The United Nations appointed SCS faculty member Hoda Heidari to its first-ever global scientific panel on AI.

Rishi Veerapaneni

Congrats to Three Minute Thesis #3MT preliminary round 4 co-winner, Rishi Veerapaneni of @cmurobotics.bsky.social at @scsatcmu.bsky.social! 📣

His presentation is titled, "How to train your ~~dragon~~ robot team!"

⏰ Join us for the #3MTCMU Championship! 🗓️ 3/25, 6-8pm

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CMU’s Robotics Innovation Center Propels Research from Deep Sea to Space The spaces inside the new 150,000-square-foot Robotics Innovation Center will allow for both faculty and students to work side-by-side to pursue those opportunities.

“The Robotics Innovation Center offers Carnegie Mellon researchers new opportunities to develop and test robotics, automation and physical AI in the real world.”

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How CMU Built a World-Leading Robotics Ecosystem From the depths of the ocean to the craters of the moon, Carnegie Mellon University has spent more than 40 years designing robots for the most extreme environments. On Feb. 27, the university will ope...

How CMU Built a World-Leading Robotics Ecosystem
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PeerCoPilot Uses AI To Support Community Mental Health Care SCS researchers have developed an AI-powered chatbot, PeerCoPilot, designed both with and specifically for people working in behavioral health.

SCS researchers have developed an AI-powered chatbot, PeerCoPilot, designed both with and specifically for people working in behavioral health.

Scott Awarded Barwise Prize Dana Scott, the Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy and Mathematical Logic (Emeritus), has received the 2025 K. Jon Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association.

Dana Scott, the Hillman University Professor of Computer Science, Philosophy and Mathematical Logic (Emeritus), has received the 2025 K. Jon Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association.

CMU’s Robotics Innovation Center Secures FieldAI as Inaugural Corporate Tenant Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center has secured its first corporate tenant, bringing the high-growth robotics unicorn FieldAI to the university’s new research facility at Hazelwood Green.

Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center has secured its first corporate tenant, bringing the high-growth robotics unicorn FieldAI to the university’s new research facility at Hazelwood Green.

Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here? - Stanford Digital Economy Lab

“Machine Learning: How Did We Get Here?,” is a new podcast from the Stanford Digital Economy Lab hosted by CMU's Tom Mitchell, and featuring conversations with Geoffrey Hinton, Kai-Fu Lee, and Daphne Koller, among others. The first two episodes drop today!
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Carnegie Mellon, Sleep Cycle Will Explore Sleep Data To Detect Outbreaks Sleep Cycle and CMU's Delphi Group have announced a research collaboration focused on understanding how privacy-preserved data and sleep-based signals, such as nighttime cough patterns, may complement and enhance traditional respiratory disease surveillance systems and early detection of disease outbreaks.

Sleep Cycle and CMU's Delphi Group announced a research collaboration focused on understanding how privacy-preserved data and sleep-based signals may complement and enhance respiratory disease surveillance systems and early detection of disease outbreaks.

SCS faculty members Aayush Jain, Aditi Raghunathan and Jun-Yan Zhu have received 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships.

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Weaving Sociotechnical Resistance at The Frame Gallery - School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University For Alicia DeVrio, a PhD candidate at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Institute, the loom is a site of sociotechnical resistance.

@hcii.cmu.edu PhD candidate Alicia DeVrio explores the tension between stability and collapse through woven forms.

Christini Earns Krulcik Scholarship SCS senior Cole Christini has earned this year's Scott Robert Krulcik Scholarship in Computer Science.

SCS senior Cole Christini has earned this year's Scott Robert Krulcik Scholarship in Computer Science.

Arthur C. Sanderson, one of the founding co-directors of the CMU Robotics Institute (@cmurobotics.bsky.social), died in December at his home in Florida. He was 79.

An AI Model for Scientists A team of researchers led by an incoming SCS professor built an open-source AI model specifically designed to synthesize current scientific research.

A team of researchers led by an incoming SCS professor built an open-source AI model specifically designed to synthesize current scientific research.

Carnegie Mellon launches summer undergraduate research program to expand pathways into security and privacy Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department is inviting undergraduate students from across the country to take part in its Security and Privacy Undergraduate Research (SPUR) Scholars program, a 10-week immersive experience designed to introduce students to the world of security and privacy while helping them explore academic and research careers.

The Security and Privacy Undergraduate Research Scholars program is a 10-week immersive experience for undergrads, designed to introduce students to the world of security and privacy while helping them explore academic and research careers.

IROS 2026 | IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Join us in Pittsburgh for IROS 2026, the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, bringing together global leaders in robotics research and innovation.

We're so excited to show the world what an incredible #robotics hub #Pittsburgh has become when IROS comes to town this fall!

As AI-Generated Music Advances, Humans Still Lead in Creativity, CMU Research Finds AI can write songs, but still has a way to go before matching the creativity of tunes made by people, according to Carnegie Mellon University research.

“I do believe at some point AI systems will be able to generate a waveform that evokes the same kinds of captivating interests that human-created music currently does."

CyLab study uncovers 270 million crypto phishing attempts A new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University reveals that a little-known but highly effective cryptocurrency scam known as “blockchain address poisoning” has quietly become one of the largest phishing schemes operating on public blockchains today.

Carnegie Mellon researchers analyzed Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain transaction data representing two years of crypto wallet transfers to track a simple but extremely effective phishing scam.

Preserving Pittsburgh’s Public Art, One Pixel at a Time - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Public art, especially murals, can be fleeting. But Pittsburgh native Richard Palmer, a longtime collaborator with Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, has spent the last five years using innovative CMU technology to ensure the city's art and public murals won't be lost to history.

At the core of the archive is Gigapan, a robotic panoramic imaging system developed by CREATE Lab researchers that creates ultra-high-resolution images. Over time, Gigapan has transformed the archive from a collection of photographs into a dynamic record of Pittsburgh’s evolving visual landscape.

From Sci-Fi to Reality: SCS Alumni Reimagine Robot Locomotion - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University Aditya Sripada (left) and Abhishek Warrier (right) Curiosity allows humans to pull ideas from fiction and give life to them in the real world. For Carnegie Mellon University alumni Aditya Sripada and Abhishek Warrier, a question inspired by a fictional robot in the film

For two @cmurobotics.bsky.social alumni, a question inspired by a robot in the film “Interstellar” served as the impetus for building, testing and ultimately reenvisioning how robots can move. 🧠💭

What is object-oriented programming? How did it start?

Learn about the foundations of OOP--encapsulation, inheritance, and dynamic method binding--some basic constructs, and its Norwegian origins in simulation language research in my latest Programming Language Pragmatics video!

What Virtual Zebrafish Can Teach Us About Autonomous AI Inspired by the natural curiosity he saw in animals, MLD Assistant Professor Aran Nayebi and his CMU colleagues created a virtual zebrafish that acted like a real zebrafish without any prior training.

Inspired by the natural curiosity he saw in animals, MLD Assistant Professor @anayebi.bsky.social and his CMU colleagues created a virtual zebrafish that acted like a real zebrafish without any prior training.

Scaling Olympus - The Link - The Magazine of CMU's School of Computer Science Tucked into a corner of Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood on Henry Street, slightly apart from the bustle of Carnegie Mellon University's campus, stand a house and a former horse stable with architecture hewing closely to the buildings' early-20th century roots. But behind the Victorian façade - home to Project Olympus - is a portal to the future.

Founded in 2007, Project Olympus provides support and resources to faculty, students, alumni and staff seeking to transform research and ideas into startup businesses. To date, it has helped launch more than 1,600 startups, with countless others waiting in the wings.

Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship Expands Opportunities for Emerging Founders - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship, an initiative designed to nurture non-traditional entrepreneurial talent in robotics and technology is now accepting applications for it’s 2026-2027 cohort. The Pathways Fellowship provides a launchpad for aspiring founders who want to build or expand ventures that integrate robotics, automation, or related technologies.

The Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Pathways Fellowship, an initiative designed to nurture non-traditional entrepreneurial talent in robotics and technology is now accepting applications for its 2026-2027 cohort.
 

Empowering Everyday Folks To Audit AI WeAudit helps users test AI tools to discover issues like biases that developers might have missed. For example, if a user prompts a generative AI tool to produce images of a nurse and a doctor, and the nurses are all female and the doctors are male — as they are in the image above — then the user could generate a report about the bias.

WeAudit, from researchers in @hcii.cmu.edu, helps users test AI tools to discover issues like biases that developers might have missed. 
 

SCS Faculty Receive Amazon Research Awards SCS faculty members Andrea Bajcsy, Fernando De La Torre and Maarten Sap have received Amazon Research Awards to advance reliability, safety and performance in emerging AI systems.

SCS faculty members Andrea Bajcsy, Fernando De La Torre and Maarten Sap have received Amazon Research Awards to advance reliability, safety and performance in emerging AI systems.

Making game night count Dr. Jessica Hammer is here to show us how to play smarter, laugh harder and make every game night count.

Jessica Hammer, director of the @cmuctp.bsky.social, went on KDKA-TV's Talk Pittsburgh to talk about about games!

Analysis | This new children's book is a bedtime story for the AI age With "Privacy, Please!" a longtime cybersecurity expert wants preschoolers to start learning about digital privacy.

The @washingtonpost.com profiles SCS's Lorrie Cranor and her work teaching kids the importance of privacy.

Sandholm Earns Alfred Kordelin Prize for AI Research With Global Impact Angel Jordan University Professor of Computer Science Tuomas Sandholm has been awarded the Alfred Kordelin Prize, one of Finland's most prestigious honors.

Tuomas Sandholm has been awarded the Alfred Kordelin Prize, one of Finland's most prestigious honors.