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Type | Nonprofit |
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Industry | Research and development Engineering Science Robotics |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Henrik I. Christensen |
Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
Key people | Seth Hutchinson (Executive Director) |
Parent | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Website | robotics.gatech.edu |
The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM@GT) is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The center was launched May, 2006, and consists of researchers from the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing, College of Engineering, and Georgia Tech Research Institute. IRIM@GT currently offers a Ph.D. program in robotics, the first truly multi-disciplinary program in the country after the one of Carnegie Mellon University.
"IRIM@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, former director, distinguished professor and KUKA Chair of Robotics
The center activities has 3 focal points: [1]
IRIM@GT was launched May, 2006
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