Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) recently secured its first corporate tenant, FieldAI, a robotics company.
The 150,000-square-feet RIC facility is designed for robotics, automation and artificial intelligence research and development with the goal of rapidly developing robots built to operate in complex and dangerous environments. It features specialized high-bay labs and a 1.5-acre outdoor space for testing robots in varied terrain.
FieldAI will use a 2,500-square-foot lab and office suite on the building’s second floor. It also will use the outdoor space to improve its software for a variety of machines including four-legged robots, human-shaped robots, wheeled robots and even vehicle-sized machines.
“We are thrilled to see FieldAI join the new CMU Robotics Innovation Center as its first industry tenant, further strengthening Pittsburgh’s dynamic innovation ecosystem,” Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Secretary Rick Siger said. “The Robotics Innovation Center will serve as a new hub to connect the brightest minds in the field with cutting-edge companies like FieldAI. Today’s announcement underscores the critical role Pennsylvania plays as a center for research and innovation, and the Shapiro Administration will continue to find new ways to support and grow the innovation economy.”
FieldAI is the first in a series of planned corporate residencies.