A Foundation for Robotics

Robotic bees, or Robobees, developed by researchers at Harvard and MIT with support from NSF.

Credit: Eliza Brinnell/Harvard SEAS

Federal co-robotics research investments help ensure U.S. economic growth, improved quality of life.

Credit: NSF

Two VelociRoACH robots cooperatively climb a step taller than their size.

Credit: Carlos S. Casarez and Ronald S. Fearing, University of California, Berkeley

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are developing co-robots that can assist the elderly.

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University

A student works in the Choreographe visual programming environment used to program humanoid robots.

Credit: John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University

New methods to allow people to create custom robots at home in a matter of hours.

Credit: Harvard's Wyss Institute

Small, autonomous rotorcraft such as this would be used to inspect bridges and other critical infrastructure in a research project led by roboticists at Carnegie Mellon University.

Credit: Harvard's Wyss Institute

A child plays an interactive language learning game with Tega, a socially assistive robot.

Credit: Personal Robotics Group, MIT Media Lab

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