Manuela Veloso On Robot Companions

Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh | Photograph by Bill Cramer Manuela Veloso Professor of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Pittsburgh Veloso, 53, a professor of computer science and member of the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, is turning robots from joystick-operated poles on wheels into “CoBots” — intelligent companions that can navigate and move. “CoBots can accompany you to a particular place, give you a tour, do tasks, or stand in for you as telepresence. It seems like science fiction, but it’s not

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Manuela Veloso On Robot Companions