{"594481":{"#nid":"594481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Robotics Lab Allows Anyone to Control the Machines","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBuliding and maintaining robots, let alone at entire robotics lab, is unaffordable or impractical for many researchers around the world. That\u0026#39;s why Georgia Tech is opening a new lab that allows greater access to everyone.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/robotarium-robotics-lab-accessible-all\u0022\u003EThe Robotarium\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, a $2.5 million lab funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Naval Research, contains nearly 100 rolling and flying swarm robots. Researchers can write their own computer programs, upload them, then get the results as the Georgia Tech machines carry out the commands. They also receive video evidence and data of the experiment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nThe project is a vision of Magnus Egerstedt, the Julian T. Hightower Chair in Systems and Controls and a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The road to this month\u0026#39;s ribbon cutting was filled with \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/robotarium-robotics-lab-accessible-all\u0022\u003Etechnological problem-solving, a few near disasters and K-12 theft\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis month Georgia Tech opens the Robotarium, a $2.5 million lab funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Office of Naval Research. The 725-square-foot facility houses nearly 100 rolling and flying swarm robots that are accessible to anyone. Researchers from around the globe can write their own computer programs, upload them, then get the results as the Georgia Tech machines carry out the commands. The researcher later receives video and data from the experiment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Researchers can upload their own code, then watch Georgia Tech robots carry out the experiment. 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(Video)"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/robotarium-robotics-lab-accessible-all","title":"The Robotarium: A Robotics Lab for All"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.robotarium.gatech.edu\/","title":"Control the Robots"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2352","name":"robots"},{"id":"169814","name":"Robotarium"},{"id":"11528","name":"Magnus Egerstedt"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNational Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaderer@gatech.ed\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}