University labUnited StatesSince 1994
National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), Carnegie Mellon University
NREC is an operating unit of Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute that turns robotics research into field-ready machines. Its Tartan Rescue team built CHIMP, which placed third at both the DRC Trials and the DRC Finals.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 21 humanoid · 1 machine
- First robot
- 2006Latest 2013
- Headquarters
- PittsburghUnited States
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2015-06-06CHIMP third at DRC Finals
Robots
2 robot models shown in public, from 2006 to 2013. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
Machines 1 machine
What is new
The latest stories about National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), Carnegie Mellon University's robots, newest first.
- CHIMP third at DRC Finals WAMC · CHIMP
- DRC Tartan Rescue Team Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute · CHIMP
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Founded
- 1994
- Headquarters
- Pittsburgh, United States
- Focus
- Applied field robotics: unmanned vehicles, autonomy, sensing, manipulation
- Funding
- Started with a US$2.5 million NASA seed grant; sponsors include NASA, DARPA, the US Department of Transportation, Air Force Research Laboratory and US Army Corps of Engineers
- Partners
- CHIMP sponsors Amazon, Foxconn and Carnegie Robotics
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