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The Robotics Project

Digital Robotics Archive

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The Digital Robotics Archive, part of The Robotics Project, contains photographs, videos, oral histories, and artifacts from the robotics community at Carnegie Mellon University. To learn more about The Robotics Project, a partnership between the University Libraries and the School of Computer Science at CMU, visit our about page.

About The Robotics Project

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Carnegie Mellon University Oral History Collection

Oral history interviews documenting the history of Carnegie Mellon University

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Christopher G. Atkeson Collection

Robotics artifacts and ephemera collected by Christopher Atkeson

An image of a man holding a headset, standing in front of a projector image which says "Mobile Computing"

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Daniel Siewiorek Papers

Research, teaching material, and wearable technology documenting Daniel Siewiorek’s career

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Jodi Forlizzi Collection

Robots and documentation of projects from Jodi Forlizzi’s career at Carnegie Mellon University

The Robotics Project

Learn more about the initiative behind the Digital Robotics Archive.

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Initiative

The Robotics Project

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Digital Exhibit

Building the Robot Archive

A six-wheeled robot with sensor and plastic dome on top sitting in front of a wall of unreadable text
Exhibit Tour

Looking Back to Move Forward

Featured Collection

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Featured Collection

The Robotics Institute Video Collection

Learn about the history of Carnegie Mellon robotics through the video archive of the Robotics Institute. See a self-driving car parallel park, an autonomous robot traverse a snowy campus, soccer-playing robots score some goals, and much more.

Help preserve CMU's legacy

Learn more

Find more content from The Robotics Project on our website, where you can also view the recordings from our Record of Robotics events.

Contribute materials

If you are interested in contributing material to the archive, please visit the What We Collect section of our website.

Leave a legacy

Our journey to preserve the history of robotics is made possible by the remarkable generosity of our donors.

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