The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM@GT) is an interdisciplinary research unit at the
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...
. The center was launched May, 2006, and consists of researchers from the
School of Interactive Computing in the
College of Computing,
College of Engineering
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, and
Georgia Tech Research Institute
The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. GTRI employs around 2,400 people, and is involved in approximately $600 millio ...
. IRIM@GT currently offers a
Ph.D.
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program in
robotics
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...
, the first truly multi-disciplinary program in the country after the one of Carnegie Mellon University.
Mission
"IRIM@Georgia Tech serves as the flagship for Georgia Tech's robotics efforts, coordinating the university's capabilities in this field under one roof." - Henrik Christensen, former director, distinguished professor and KUKA
KUKA is a German manufacturer of industrial robots and systems for factory automation. It has been predominantly owned by the Chinese company Midea Group since 2016.
The KUKA Robotics Corporation has 25 subsidiaries, mostly sales and servic ...
Chair of Robotics
The center activities has 3 focal points:
* Engineering research on core technologies and methods at a level that is recognized as world leading.
* An integrated Ph.D. program for education of a new generation of researchers that will take up positions at the best institutions and in the most influential companies worldwide. They will be recognized as the leading systems integrators for intelligent robot systems.
* Transfer of technology to real world applications that illustrate the value of new generations of robot systems.
History
IRIM@GT was launched May, 2006
Organization
Institutes
*
Institute for Personal Robots in Education
Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) was initiated by a $1 million grant from Microsoft Research to Bryn Mawr College and the Georgia Institute of Technology and announced in July 2006. IPRE is designing introductory computer scienc ...
Laboratories
* Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Research Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
* Agricultural Technology Research Program, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
* Biomedical Imaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
* The BORG Lab, College of Computing.
* Computational Perception Lab, College of Computing.
* Contextual Computing Group, College of Computing.
* Construction Resource Center, College of Architecture.
* Embedded and Autonomous Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
* Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
* Human Automation Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
* Intelligent Machines Dynamics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
* Laboratory for
Neuroengineering
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, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
* The Mobile Robot Lab, College of Computing.
* Robotic Mechanisms Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
* The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility (UAV Lab), School of Aerospace Engineering.
* Virtual Factory Laboratory, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
* Human Vision Simulation Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
* Socially Intelligent Machines Laboratory, College of Computing
References
External links
Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines
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Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines
Robotics organizations
Robotics in the United States