The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM@GT) is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

. The center was launched May, 2006, and consists of researchers from the School of Interactive Computing

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Interactive Computing

The School of Interactive Computing is an academic unit located within the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology . It conducts both research and teaching activities related to interactive computing at the undergraduate and graduate levels...

 in the College of Computing

Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing

The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology has roots stretching back to an Information Science degree established in 1964. In 1988, Georgia Tech president John Patrick Crecine elevated the School of Information and Computer Science to become the College of Computing, making...

, College of Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering

The College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technologyprovides formal education and research in more than 10 fields of engineering, including:...

, and Georgia Tech Research Institute

Georgia Tech Research Institute

The Georgia Tech Research Institute is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia, United States...

. RIM@GT currently offers a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...

 program in robotics

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

, the first truly multi-disciplinary program in the country after the one of Carnegie Mellon University.

Mission

"RIM@Georgia Tech serves as the flagship for Georgia Tech's robotics efforts, coordinating the university's capabilities in this field under one roof." - Henrik Christensen, director, distinguished professor and KUKA

KUKA

KUKA is a leading German producer of industrial robots for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics...

Chair of Robotics

The center activities has 3 focal points:

• Engineering research on core technologies and methods at a level that is recognized as world leading.
• An integrated Ph.D. program for education of a new generation of researchers that will take up positions at the best institutions and in the most influential companies worldwide. They will be recognized as the leading systems integrators for intelligent robot systems.
• Transfer of technology to real world applications that illustrate the value of new generations of robot systems.

Laboratories

• Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Research Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
• Agricultural Technology Research Program, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
• Biomedical Imaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
• The BORG Lab, College of Computing.
• Computational Perception Lab, College of Computing.
• Contextual Computing Group, College of Computing.
• Construction Resource Center, College of Architecture.
• Embedded and Autonomous Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Human Automation Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Intelligent Machines Dynamics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
• Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• The Mobile Robot Lab, College of Computing.
• Robotic Mechanisms Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
• The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility (UAV Lab), School of Aerospace Engineering.
• Virtual Factory Laboratory, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
• Human Vision Simulation Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute.

External links

• Georgia Institute of Technology Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines