2025 Exhibitors

The ATC/Westmoreland is a provider of advanced manufacturing programs, including robotics and additive manufacturing. We will be showcasing student-built equipment, and our credit, non-credit, and community engagement programming.

Butler County Community College’s (BC3) Workforce Development professional team is committed to providing training, certifications, and advancement opportunities to meet business, industry, and public safety needs on a local and regional level.

CAVEMAN is an autonomous cave mapping rover that utilizes fully custom mechanical, hardware, and software components to maneuver, navigate, and map low-light cave/mine terrains. It has a custom PCB, 13 sensors & actuators, a custom embedded framework and comms, and a mapping reconstruction pipeline, all sitting on an aluminum chassis that was built from scratch. Learn more at caverobotics.com

The Biorobotics Lab simplifies complex robotics problems by drawing inspiration from biology, collaborating with stakeholders to refine our approach, and advancing modularity in software and hardware to develop diverse, field-tested systems from basic research to deployment.

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CMU Computer Science Academy is an online, graphics-based computer science curriculum taught in Python provided by Carnegie Mellon University. The Computer Science Academy creates novel, world-class Computer Science education for your classroom —and it’s entirely free.

The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is the premiere professional graduate program for interactive entertainment and emerging media.

Rooted in CMU’s legacy of excellence in the arts and sciences, the ETC blends creative exploration with technical rigor in a uniquely collaborative environment. Our students learn by doing: through project-based work, interdisciplinary collaboration, and mentorship from faculty and industry leaders.

It’s an experience designed to prepare graduates not just for their first job, but for a lifetime of innovation.

Showcasing several CMU technologies, we will be presenting guests w/ a "Magic Show".  The technologies including wave field synthesis, an augmented reality edge network architecture, robotic arms as well as inflatables.

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At the Center for Business Engagement (CBE), we facilitate the connections that make that work possible. The CBE team works with both external industry and government partners and CMU faculty seeking to collaborate with those partners. CBE starts and guides the conversations — with the right people — that lead to sponsored research partnerships, tech transfer, capstone projects, talent recruitment and much more.

The Robomechanics Lab conducts research in legged and wheeled mobile robotics, mechanism design, feedback control, computer vision, motion planning, and applications of robotics research to environmental monitoring, planetary exploration, and home assistance.

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Club, also known as Roboclub for short, is a student organization at Carnegie Mellon University. At our heart, we are a makerspace and social space. Members use our space and tools to work on all sorts of projects for classes, club initiatives, or just general curiosity. Founded in 1984, we are one of the oldest collegiate robotics clubs in the world! Feel free to visit our space anytime we're open, and if you have questions, the club officers are reachable by email below.

Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy studies how educators can use robots to teach Computer Science, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (CS-STEM). Our mission is to use the educational affordances of robotics to create CS-STEM opportunities for all learners. We fulfill our mission by developing research-based solutions that are classroom-tested and foreground CS-STEM concepts.

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The Birthplace of AI

Carnegie Mellon University has been at the forefront of artificial intelligence since its early days, helping to shape the field through bold ideas, pioneering research and visionary leadership. From founding key institutions to launching entirely new areas of study, CMU has played a central role in advancing computing and AI. Today, our work continues to drive innovation and make a lasting impact across industries and society.

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The National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is an operating unit within Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI), the world’s largest robotics research and development organization. NREC works closely with government and industry clients to develop and mature robotic technologies from concept to commercialization.

The NSF Center for Space, High-Performance, and Resilient Computing (SHREC) is a consortium comprised of over 30 university, agency, industry, and institute partners working collaboratively on advanced research and workforce development in mission-critical computing and systems, from spacecraft to supercomputers.

CCAC is proud to showcase new short term training programs in robotics, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.

CCBC is a community college in Pennsylvania that offers a diverse range of academic programs, workforce training, and support services to empower students for success in their educational and career goals.

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The University of Pittsburgh Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) is a student led organization that designs, builds, tests, and races an open wheel formula-style racecar against universities from around the world.

The Innovation and Design Engineering Accelerator (IDEA) Lab was created to serve critical needs to help meet the research and education missions of the University of Pittsburgh and the Swanson School of Engineering (SSOE). The lab excels at co-design, human-centered design, and design thinking approaches and implements those ideas across a wide range of fabrication domains including additive manufacturing, soft materials molding and forming, classical machining, electronics, embedded microcontrollers, software, and mobile applications.

As a student at the University of Pittsburgh you have the opportunity to get involved in different technical electives and special topics courses. One such course showcased here is the Introduction to Robotics class where students are exposed to an overview of robotics concepts.  Students learn the basics of open source robotics software, how to program robots, sensing, communication, planning, and actuation functions to perform tasks. Talk to these senior undergrads to understand what student life is like in the MEMS department.

The MattLab is developing the intelligence necessary to enable complex platforms to autonomously interact with and perform meaningful work in complex environments. The task areas include biologically inspired dynamic locomotion and learning, compliant manipulation for agriculture and food preparation, managing uncertainty in human-robot interaction, and field-ready search and rescue robotics. The central ideas that drive this work are classical control theory, Bayesian inference, practical optimal control, and modern reinforcement learning.

Stop by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Admissions and Financial Aid table to learn about the admissions process, our Swanson School of Engineering, and School of Computing and Information programs!

The Penn State Human-Centered Robotics Lab is at the forefront of human-robot interaction research. We are proud to present our groundbreaking projects, which include the development of novel control algorithms for an advanced upper-limb exoskeleton and the design of next-generation haptic interfaces. Our mission is to create robotics that enhance human capabilities and improve quality of life.

Penn State University is a leading public research institution that offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate programs, fosters innovation, and emphasizes community engagement and global outreach.

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The University of Pittsburgh's School of Computing and Information (SCI) Master of Data Science is a 30-credit, 100% online program designed for working professionals and career changers, and it does not require a STEM background for admission. The self-paced, asynchronous format allows students to complete the degree in 20-36 months while building a portfolio of real-world projects. The curriculum focuses on computational, mathematical, and statistical foundations, predictive modeling, machine learning, and ethical data use, taught by the same faculty who teach on-campus courses.

Pittsburgh Electric Propulsion is a student-led electric boat racing club at Pitt that gives university students a hands on experience in maritime EV's and autonomous watercraft technology.

Robert Morris University offers certificate and degree programs. We have Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Manufacturing, Cybersecurity etc. programs. We will be showcasing a table top robot and speak about our workforce development programs.

We are the Pitt Robotics and Automation Society (RAS), a student-led club dedicated to giving members practical experience in robotics. We organize technical workshops, industry tours, and have four active projects: combat robots, micromouse, rover, and a robotic arm. Our teams participate in competitions like the NHRL, University Rover Challenge, and micromouse events.

SailBot at Pitt is a club that specializes in building a small autonomous sailboat as a part of the International Robotic Sailing Regatta, competing every summer.

Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, is a public university in the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania area. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university has been coeducational since its founding in 1889.

The University of Pittsburgh is a prominent public research university recognized for its diverse academic offerings, strong emphasis on healthcare and engineering, and commitment to advancing knowledge through innovation and collaboration.

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VITAL is a fully teleoperated robot arm system designed to give students without lab access the ability to perform experiments from anywhere in the U.S. Using a VR headset and controllers, a user’s hand motions map directly to the robot arm while head tracking drives a servo-mounted camera for immersive first-person vision. The system runs on custom hardware and is mounted to a custom engineered mobile cart, providing smooth motion with low round-trip latency for both VR streaming and robotic control.

West Virginia University is a comprehensive land-grant R1 university that has a strong track record in robotics and is now offering a robotics engineering degree program.

WVU's research and educational programs in robotics

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