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Carnegie Mellon University is a robotics company founded 1900, developing 1 robot primarily in the AGV category.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its Robotics Institute, founded in 1979, is one of the largest robotics research centers in the world and has produced landmark autonomous systems including the Boss and Sandstorm vehicles that competed in DARPA Grand Challenge events.
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- Founded
- 1900 · 126 yrs
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Bossa Nova licensed Ballbot technology from Carnegie Mellon University
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