National Robotics Engineering Center

Carnegie Mellon's National Robotics Engineering Center
EstablishedMay 1, 1994 (1994-05-01)
Budget$35 million (2020)
Field of research
Robotics
DirectorDr. Herman Herman
Staff182
AddressTen 40th Street
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
15201
Operating agency
Carnegie Mellon University
Websitewww.nrec.ri.cmu.edu

The National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) is an operating unit within the Robotics Institute (RI) of Carnegie Mellon University. NREC works closely with government and industry clients to apply robotic technologies to real-world processes and products, including unmanned vehicle and platform design, autonomy, sensing and image processing, machine learning, manipulation, and human–robot interaction.