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卡耐基梅隆大学机器人学研究院隶属于计算机科学学院，始建于1979年，是世界上第一个机器人学研究院，并于1988年成为世界上第一个授予机器人学博士学位的科研机构，研究院有60名研究人员，研究方向相对集中，包括空间机器人、医疗机器人、工业机器人以及计算机视觉和人工智能。 研究领域与军事需求联系密切，研究经费约50%来自国防部下属单位，包括DARPA、陆军、空军、海军、NASA。美国国家自然科学基金和企业界也是学院研究经费的重要来源，分别贡献约15%的研究经费。其余的研究经费主要来自于美国联邦其他部门，包括农业部、能源部、国土安全部和国家卫生研究院。 卡耐基梅隆大学机器人学研究院注重技术的成果转化。除了以各个教授为领导的独立实验室和研究组外，机器人学研究院还设有两个研究中心：场地机器人学中心和全国机器人学工程中心。场地机器人中心重点研发在实际场地环境下的移动机器人技术。全国机器人学工程中心同政府部门和产业界密切合作，着重于机器人技术在商业和国防应用上的技术成果转化。 Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute (CMRI), as a division of CMU’s School of Computer Science, was established in 1979 as the world’s first robotics institute and founded the world’s first Robotics PhD program in 1988, has about 60 full-time faculty members, currently developing systems spanning an array of fields, including space robotics, medical robotics, industrial systems, computer vision, and artificial intelligence. Its robotic research has a close relationship with military demands, and roughly one-half of research funding comes from the Defense Department, including DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, NASA. And the National Science Foundation (NSF) is responsible for almost 15% of research funding, and private industries, such as manufacturing, mining and agriculture, contribute another 15%. Other federal agencies, including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Institute of Health, are responsible for most of the other research funding. Besides the Labs and Groups led by the PIs，the RI has two research centers, Field Robotics Center (FRC) and National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC). The FRC at CMU is dedicated to the pursuit of the technology of field robotics, which is the use of mobile robots in field environments such as work sites and natural terrain where the robots must safeguard themselves while performing non-repetitive tasks and objective sensing as well as self-navigation in random or dynamic environments. The NREC, established as the commercial arm of the RI with intention of applying robotic technology to commercial and defense applications, works closely with governments and industry clients to develop and mature robotic technologies from concept to commercialization. |
