On Monday, Team Pennsylvania gathered in Pittsburgh to tour Carnegie Mellon University's world-renowned National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) with the Carnegie Foundry. Since its founding in 1995, NREC has leveraged its world-class facilities, talent, and advanced materials to drive innovation and accelerate Pennsylvania’s robotics & tech sector. The Carnegie Foundry then taps into NREC’s innovative solutions to launch startups right here in Pennsylvania, helping to fill market gaps and advance key industries. Pennsylvania has an incredible opportunity to capitalize on its assets and momentum to position itself as a leader in robotics and innovation—and NREC is a global leader playing a pivotal role in making that vision a reality. Together, NREC and the Carnegie Foundry have carved out a unique niche: bridging the commercialization gap between Pennsylvania’s R&D and real-world applications in the private sector, placing them on the cutting edge of emerging industry trends. With faster time-to-market, reduced costs, and lower risks compared to many in-house R&D approaches, NREC’s full-solution, contract R&D model is delivering real results to make Pennsylvania a national leader in this space. For us at Team Pennsylvania, we're thinking about creative applications for robotics and AI to transform the future for the sectors that drive our economy. Thank you to NREC and the Carnegie Foundry for hosting us! #PennsylvaniaInnovation #PennsylvaniaRobotics #Collaboration Richard Fruehauf, Karl Sanchack, Matt Wachter, Jeff Legault, Herman Herman, Lisa Riggs, Rachel Phillips, Kevin Sunday, Abby Smith, Julia Kait, Michael Roth, Adam Walters, Shivum Bharill, Sam DeMarco, Sean Luther David Wade, Ryan Russell
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5dThank you Abby! We were excited to show Team PA, members of PA Governor Shapiro's Office of Transformation & Opportunity, PA DCED and Agriculture Department, U.S. Senator McCormick's team and the U.S. Commercial Service how the Carnegie Foundry-National Robotics Engineering Center venture studio collaboration is creating AI/robotics startups across multiple verticals.