Carnegie Mellon University celebrated the grand opening of its Robotics Innovation Center in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood on Friday, bringing together state and community leaders, students and scientists to advance technology and create opportunities.”Your students and your scientists are always pushing the boundaries, working to develop the latest, most advanced technology,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said.”The robots that you are going to see are creating jobs and opportunity for the next generation of Pittsburghers,” Mayor Corey O’Connor said. The center provides a space for students to test their ideas and for companies to develop systems using robots and artificial intelligence to power manufacturing, transform healthcare, and build critical infrastructure. Among the robots showcased was Genevieve, who demonstrated her personality by waving.The new center unites CMU research labs and industry partners, with FieldAI being the first private corporation inside the center.Shayegan Omidshafiei, FieldAI’s chief scientific officer, explained the company’s role in building software that empowers various types of robots.”What we solve is the operational AI layer. We basically have an end-to-end solution when we go to our customers in the construction sector, mining, oil and gas, energy, manufacturing. We basically put robots on their site to complement the amount of workforce they have,” Omidshafiei said.The Hazelwood Initiative connects CMU students and companies to the community, featuring artwork and public spaces that reflect the community’s history.”Some artwork and kinds of things that speak to our community’s history, and then there are public spaces around what I’ll call a robot zoo, they’ve been calling it, so you can see when they do testing,” said Sonya Tilghman of Hazelwood Initiative Inc.The former steel mill site is now a place where future scientific professionals can grow and be inspired. CMU envisions Pittsburgh as a potential hub for artificial intelligence and robotics.
PITTSBURGH —
Carnegie Mellon University celebrated the grand opening of its Robotics Innovation Center in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood on Friday, bringing together state and community leaders, students and scientists to advance technology and create opportunities.
“Your students and your scientists are always pushing the boundaries, working to develop the latest, most advanced technology,” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said.
“The robots that you are going to see are creating jobs and opportunity for the next generation of Pittsburghers,” Mayor Corey O’Connor said.
The center provides a space for students to test their ideas and for companies to develop systems using robots and artificial intelligence to power manufacturing, transform healthcare, and build critical infrastructure. Among the robots showcased was Genevieve, who demonstrated her personality by waving.
The new center unites CMU research labs and industry partners, with FieldAI being the first private corporation inside the center.
Shayegan Omidshafiei, FieldAI’s chief scientific officer, explained the company’s role in building software that empowers various types of robots.
“What we solve is the operational AI layer. We basically have an end-to-end solution when we go to our customers in the construction sector, mining, oil and gas, energy, manufacturing. We basically put robots on their site to complement the amount of workforce they have,” Omidshafiei said.
The Hazelwood Initiative connects CMU students and companies to the community, featuring artwork and public spaces that reflect the community’s history.
“Some artwork and kinds of things that speak to our community’s history, and then there are public spaces around what I’ll call a robot zoo, they’ve been calling it, so you can see when they do testing,” said Sonya Tilghman of Hazelwood Initiative Inc.
The former steel mill site is now a place where future scientific professionals can grow and be inspired. CMU envisions Pittsburgh as a potential hub for artificial intelligence and robotics.