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Carnegie Mellon University

Pioneering robotics research across manipulation, locomotion and soft robotics

Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute is one of the world's leading robotics research centers, with work spanning manipulation, legged locomotion, and electronic skin through its Softbotics research group.

CMU's Robotics Institute has shaped modern humanoid robotics through foundational research in locomotion control, dexterous manipulation, and compliant robotic systems. Its Softbotics group explores soft and electronic-skin technologies that are directly relevant to safe human-robot interaction. CMU also forms part of the intellectual lineage behind Skild AI, a robotics foundation-model startup. The breadth of CMU's robotics program makes it a central node in the global humanoid research ecosystem.