Andrew Carnegie - 1900

“My heart is in the work,” Andrew Carnegie

Multi-disciplinary

basic science

Fielded problems

Hard work / Team work

13,961STUDENTS

57% U.S. Citizens

43% International

68% U.S. Citizens

32% International1,382

FACULTY

131 RESEARCH CENTERS

• National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC)

• Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

• Integrated Innovation Institute

• Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC)*

• LearnLab*

* CNBC and LearnLab are joint programs with the University of Pittsburgh

#1 GRADUATE SCHOOL

FOR COMPUTER

SCIENCE (tied)

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

#1 GRADUATE SCHOOL

FOR ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

#1 INFORMATION

& TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT

U.S. News & World Report, 2017

#2 QUANTITATIVE

ANALYSIS

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* Figures from Academic Year 2017-18

Carnegie Mellon facts and figures

#1 STARTUPS

PER RESEARCH

DOLLARAssociation of University

Technology Managers, 2008-12

Leaders in Robotics Research

• human interact models

• Shared autonomy

• Expressiveness

• Safety, interaction

Human

• Motion planning

• Action

sequencing

• Decision making

Autonomy

Learning

• Data analytics

• Perception

• Robot Learning

• Scene understanding

• 3D reconstruction

AR/VR

• People analysis

• Sensing

Perception

• Robot design

• Control

• Motion Planning

• Estimation / Filtering

Action

• Bridges, tunnels

• Buildings

• Power grid

• Roads

Infrastructure

• Nuclear

• Agriculture

• Defense

• Search & rescue

Field Robotics

• Automotive

• Aerospace

• Electronics

• Distribution Centers

Manufacturing

• Smart street lights

• Smart head lights

• Emergency

• Self-driving cars

Transportation

• Minimally invasive surgery

• Data analytics

• Low-cost imaging

• Assistive tools

Medicine

• Brain-machine

• Prostheses

• Biomechanics

• Elderly assistance

Assistive

• Reverse illumination

• Vision and graphics

combination

Graphics

AppliedBasic

Robotics Institute Leadership

#1 GRADUATE SCHOOL

FOR COMPUTER

SCIENCE (tied)

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

#1 STARTUPS

PER RESEARCH

DOLLARAssociation of University

Technology Managers, 2008-12

#1 GRADUATE SCHOOL

FOR ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

#1 INFORMATION

& TECHNOLOGY

MANAGEMENT

U.S. News & World Report, 2017

#2 QUANTITATIVE

ANALYSIS

U.S. News & World Report, 2018

“Carnegie Mellon is a great example of what it means to move forward," the President said. “….[Carnegie Mellon is] a global research university. ….your professors and your students have created more than 300 companies and 9,000 jobs…” President Obama

CMU RI is why the self driving car industry exists. – Michael Wagner

We have been the world largest and strongest vision group. – Takeo Kanade

Most number of research groups

Highest number of educational

offerings

Most number of fielded systems

Highest Number of Engleberger

Awards

Largest aggregate support from IIS

in last 5 yrs

Highest # of NRIs

(incl NRI large)

Expeditions / ERCs / RCTAs

20% of CMU Revenue

Best papers galore

Over 2500 grad apps

High Research Budget

Bio-inspired design

Predictive Maintenance

Computational Photoscatterography

wall

camera

what depth

our camera

sees

what a regular

camera sees

hidden

object

Understanding people

Interacting with people

Are robots a good?

• 322 BC – Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, wrote “If every tool, when ordered, or even of its own accord, could do the work that befits it... then there would be no need either of apprentices for the master workers or of slaves for the lords.”

ROBOTS?

robot: (noun) …

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What is a robot?

There is no widely accepted definition of

what a robot is.

UL 1740: under revision –V3: Automatically controlled, reprogrammable multipurpose machine, programmable in several degrees of freedom, which can be either fixed in placeor mobile – V4 (proposed): ISO 8373:2012 definition

Leaders in Robotics Education

• First PhD program

• Sense-plan-act

• Read / Write skills

• Many leaders

• Many classes

PhD Program

• MS in Robotics

• MS in Computer Vision

• MS in Rob Sys & Dev

Masters

Program

• Additional Major

• Minor

• Masters Degree

• Robotic Club

• Many classes

Undergraduate

• Undergrad summer

• International

• Recruiting tool

• Many successes

RI Summer Scholars

• Founded 2010, All girls

• Give girls the skills that will

last far beyond their high-

school years

• Many programs

Girls of Steel

• Use the motivational effects

of robotics for STEM

• 16,000 schools nationwide

• 1M per day use CMRA

Robotics Academy

PracticalCreative

Robotics MinorRequirements Choose amongOverview/Introductory Course 16-311 Introduction to RoboticsControls 18-370 Fundamentals of Control,

24-451 Feedback Control Systems16-299 Introduction to Feedback Control Systems

Kinematics 16-384 Robot Kinematics and Dynamics24-355 Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms (not offered regularly)

Two electives Long list, see a subset belowAn upper-level RI courseUp to one independent study

· 10-601: Machine Learning· 11-344: Machine Learning in Practice· 15-491: CMRoboBits: · 15-494: Cognitive Robotics · 15-385: Computer Vision· 15-462: Computer Graphics · 15-862: Computational Photography· 16-362 / 16-862: Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming

· 16-421: Vision Sensors· 16-861: Mobile Robot Design · 16-865: Advanced Mobile Robot Development · 18-342: Fundamentals of Embedded Systems *· 18-348: Embedded System Engineering *· 18-349: Embedded Real-Time Systems *· 18-578: Mechatronic Design· 24-491 / 24-492: Departmental Research Honors· 24-673: Special Topics in Soft Robots - Mechanics, Design, and Modeling

24-675: Micro/Nano Robotics · 48-787: Architectural Robotics · 85-370: Perception· 85-382: Consciousness and Cognition· 85-395: Applications of Cognitive Science· 85-412: Cognitive Modeling· 85-419: Introduction to Parallel

Distributed Processing· 85-420: Perception and Perceptual

Development

Requirements (10 classes) Choose among

Overview/Introductory

Course

16-311 Introduction to Robotics

Controls 18-370 Fundamentals of Control,

24-451 Feedback Control Systems

16-299 Introduction to Feedback Control Systems

Kinematics 16-384 Robot Kinematics and Dynamics

24-355 Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanisms (not offered regularly)

Machine Perception 15-385: Computer Vision

16-421: Vision Sensors

85-370: Perception

Cognition and Reasoning 10-601: Undergraduate Machine Learning

15-381: Artificial Intelligence

15-494: Cognitive Robotics

Upper-level RI planning course with instructor permission

“Hands-on Course” 15-491: CMRobotBits: Creating Intelligent Robots

16-362: Mobile Robot Programming Lab

18-578: Mechatronics

Upper-level RI project course like 16-861 or 16-865

Independent study with instructor permission

Two Electives See list with minor or any upper level RI course. Any of these can be independent study but only

one independent study is allowed. A student can also take additional courses from the core;

e.g., a student who takes 15-385 as a core can take 16-421 as an elective

Systems Engineering 16-450: Systems Engineering

Capstone Course 16-474: Robotics Capstone

The Categories Are…..

Build Program Debug

ActPlanSense

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Topics

Automation without

computersVision Neural Nets Controls

Machine Learning

Path PlanningSensor-based

PlanningMobile base

design

Kinematics –Forward and

Inverse

Non-holonomic Constrains

Insert your own here

Introduction to Robotics

Lots of homework

First HW assignment handed out today

Second HW assignment handed out tomorrow

Work responsibly

Time consuming design experience

If you cannot make a demo, must demo before due date

Lots of work assigned around Carnival times

Another design experience

No superbowl/Stanley Cup/etc excuses

Programming

Exams

Start Early Mentality

High Workload

Attendance not mandatory, punctuality is, texting is forbidden

No late HW assignments accepted, your printer or dog eating your HW is not an excuse…

Demos star early; your responsibility to make it work (memory stick, etc)

Absence from a demo receives a zero

If you turn in all your assignments, the lowest lab and homework are dropped, except HW 0, HW 1,

Lab 1, HW 2, Lab 2, Lab 7, and Lab 10, which cannot be dropped.

Exams: 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper, both sides, in your hand

Cannot take this class if it overlaps with another

Miscommunications must be cleared up before demo day

Three strikes on mess

•Strike 1: you lose your ability to drop the lowest HW score

•Strike 2: your team gets 0’s

•Strike 3: you are out of the class

Some Strict Rules

Robotics Education Laboratory (REL) – NSH 3206

• This is a shared space• Check the calendar outside the REL. Cognitive Robotics uses this room on

Fridays from 3:00-4:20 and some Mondays and Wednesdays. We cannot go in the REL when their class is in session.

• Do not use the cognitive robotics computers or desk space.

• Respect the materials• Food left in the REL will result in a strike.

• LEGO components modified or broken will result in a strike.

• 25+ more LEGO components or trash on the floor or damage to Cognitive Robotics materials will result in 1 strike for every student in the class.

• You will get ID card access to the REL and the hallway outside the REL later this week.

Tuesdays

• Tuesdays are a must

Meet the TAs