$Id: cmu-ri-center.daml, v 0.1 2001/01/17 21:04:41 terryp Exp $ Instances defined by the center ontology, defined for HW3. Contact terry@acm.org for details. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/cimds/index.html CIMDS Center for Integrated Manufacturing and Decision Systems The Center for Integrated Manufacturing Decision Systems is an eclectic collection of people, projects, and labs involved in research in the fields of manufacturing; visualization and interfaces; intelligent coordination and logistics; intelligent sensors, measurement, and control; and artificial intelligence. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/crp/index.html CRSP Center for Robotic and Synthetic Performance The Center for Robotic and Synthetic Performance, in collaboration with CFA and The Omnicircus, is applying robotic technology to the performing arts. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/frc/index.html FRC Field Robotics Center Field robotics is the use of mobile robots in field environments such as work sites and natural terrain, where the robots must safeguard themselves while performing non-repetitive tasks and objective sensing as well as self-navigation in random or dynamic environments. The Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University is dedicated to the pursuit of this technology, and to push its limits into the next century, our imaginations, and beyond. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/mrcas/index.html MRCAS Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery The Center for MRCAS was formed in 1993 as a joint venture between Carnegie Mellon University and Shadyside Hospital. The group's goal is to foster the application of robotic and computer technologies within medicine. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/nrec/index.html NREC National Robotics Engineering Consortium The National Robotics Engineering Consortium (NREC) is an entity dedicated to the development of products incorporating advanced mobile robotics technologies. The NREC is currently developing robotic vehicles for the mining, earthmoving, agricultural and industrial material handling industries. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/sri/ SRI Space Robotics Initiative The Space Robotics Initiative comprises a series of projects involving robotic exploration and manipulation of extraterrestrial environments and their concurrent communication, command, and control (C3) functions. http://www.ri.cmu.edu/centers/vasc/ VASC Vision and Autonomous Systems Center The Vision and Autonomous Systems Center (VASC) is a large research group within The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. VASC personnel consists of over 100 faculty, students, and staff, visitors, working in the areas of computer vision, autonomous navigation, virtual reality, intelligent manipulation, space robotics, and related fields.