Robots may one day work alongside us in our homes, helping with chores like unloading the dishwasher. But before they can put the forks where they belong, robots need to learn how to open the drawer. 

Carnegie Mellon University faculty and students recently experienced something few ever have: weightlessness. Aboard a plane that follows an unusual flight path – steep climbs followed by dramatic dives – members of the Robotics Exploration Lab in CMU’s Robotics Institute (RI) put their research through critical tests.

A team from the AirLab at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute created ViSafe, a vision-only airborne collision avoidance system to equip UAS with “see-and-avoid” capabilities.

Ahead of the AI Horizons Summit, Martial Hebert, dean of the School of Computer Science and a speaker at the conference, shared his perspective on physical AI.

A new framework from CMU and NVIDIA enables stiff humanoids to move with agility.

Appleseed Labs, a team within the Kantor Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, received the Excellence in Regenerative Agriculture award at the 2025 Farm Robotics Challenge.