NREC at 25: 25 Technologies That Changed the World

Experts at Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center have been pushing the field of robotics for more than 25 years. NREC partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop "ARMOR 1 ," the largest yet of NREC's robots. The robot automates the assembly and placement of large mats along the Mississippi River to prevent erosion and stabilize the vital commercial waterway. NREC team ed with Oshkosh Defense to develop autonomous unmanned ground vehicle technologies for tactical logistics wheeled vehicles used by the US Marine Corps. NREC developed a path planner for the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Autonomous Vessel to help it navigate while obeying international maritime law. NREC and Sikorsky Aircraft paired an autonomous ground vehicle with an unmanned helicopter to autonomously survey sites for radiation, biological or chemical contamination. NREC developed the Hybrid Safety System to enable humans and industrial robots to safely work together by locating humans and objects that enter a robot's work area and creating safety zones.