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Robotics Innovation Center
Robotics Innovation Center
4601, Composite Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Robotics Innovation Center
4601, Composite Street, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Built
YEAR
2025
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
The Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) at Carnegie Mellon University brings together researchers from CMU’s College of Engineering and School of Computer Science to showcase the impact that intersecting fields of study has on innovation.
Located on the site of a former Jones & Laughlin Steel Company mill at the newly formed Hazelwood Green, the RIC sits just downhill from CMU’s Oakland campus. The 150,000 square foot facility combines dedicated robotics testing areas with research space to support both fundamental and applied robotics research in a dynamic, adaptable setting. In addition to advancing research, the RIC also creates opportunities for the public to engage with roboticists and to learn about the industry. Carnegie Mellon envisions the center as a world-class destination for robotics and autonomous systems research and education that will attract talent, inspire future generations, build and strengthen community partnerships, and showcase innovation.
The facility contains flexible project and workspace areas, wet labs, workshops, high-bay research space, motion capture lab, research water tank, drone cage, and associated support and amenity areas. Adjacent to the building is a 1.5-acre outdoor ‘running room’ that extends research activities beyond the building and strengthens indoor and outdoor connections.
The building’s exterior is designed in keeping with the area’s industrial roots. A metal and glass façade, with some masonry elements, complement other structures at Hazelwood Green while strategic pops of CMU’s signature red denote place and provide identity. The simple massing of the three-story building prioritizes volume – large, high bay spaces for robotics testing and transparent, light-filled corridors and offices. The building’s common spaces will be publicly accessible during certain hours, including the lobby, gallery, event space (with advance arrangements) and a future food-service area.
Located on the site of a former Jones & Laughlin Steel Company mill at the newly formed Hazelwood Green, the RIC sits just downhill from CMU’s Oakland campus. The 150,000 square foot facility combines dedicated robotics testing areas with research space to support both fundamental and applied robotics research in a dynamic, adaptable setting. In addition to advancing research, the RIC also creates opportunities for the public to engage with roboticists and to learn about the industry. Carnegie Mellon envisions the center as a world-class destination for robotics and autonomous systems research and education that will attract talent, inspire future generations, build and strengthen community partnerships, and showcase innovation.
The facility contains flexible project and workspace areas, wet labs, workshops, high-bay research space, motion capture lab, research water tank, drone cage, and associated support and amenity areas. Adjacent to the building is a 1.5-acre outdoor ‘running room’ that extends research activities beyond the building and strengthens indoor and outdoor connections.
The building’s exterior is designed in keeping with the area’s industrial roots. A metal and glass façade, with some masonry elements, complement other structures at Hazelwood Green while strategic pops of CMU’s signature red denote place and provide identity. The simple massing of the three-story building prioritizes volume – large, high bay spaces for robotics testing and transparent, light-filled corridors and offices. The building’s common spaces will be publicly accessible during certain hours, including the lobby, gallery, event space (with advance arrangements) and a future food-service area.
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