News 2021

December 2021

 Two young girls, both with dark hair, use a soldering iron under the guidance of an adult man wearing a grey pullover with a facemask and safety glasses.

CMU's Girls of Steel Receive Grant From Lemelson-MIT Program To Create BuzzBand

Wearable Fitness Device Designed for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Aaron Aupperlee

 The Highbay at NREC: a long industrial room with a vaulted ceiling. A spiral staircase in the foreground connects the main floor to the second floor. An autonomous SUV is parked in the middle of the main floor.

NREC Has Transformational Economic Impact

New Report Finds Center Has Helped Advance Its Neighborhood, Region and Industry

Gera Jochum

 A photo of a member of the Iris team working on the rover as it is secured to the payload deck.

CMU's Iris Rover Secured to Lunar Lander

Integration Among Final Steps Before Launch of Student-Led Moon Mission

Aaron Aupperlee

Carnegie Mellon University's Iris rover is bolted in and ready for its journey to the moon. The tiny rover passed a huge milestone on Wednesday, Dec. 2, when it was secured to one of the payload decks of Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander, which will deliver it to the moon next year.

November 2021

 Portrait of Matthew Johnson-Roberson.

New Robotics Institute Director Ready To Shape Future of Robotics

CMU Alum Matthew Johnson-Roberson To Head Institute in January

Aaron Aupperlee