Field Robotics Center
The Field Robotics Center at Carnegie Mellon University focuses on developing robots for work in challenging and hazardous environments on Earth and in space. The center is known for advancing field robotics technology, creating the next generation of robotics leaders, and developing practical robotic systems for real-world applications.
Notable achievements
Development of lunar rover technology, advancement in field robotics for construction, security, and hazardous duty applications.
Notable work
Recent publications
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Lightweight visual SLAM and traversability mapping for space robotics: Real-time operation in challenging environments
César Debeunne, Alex Torres, Damien Vivet
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Design and dynamic performance prediction of a novel large-aperture offset-feed deployable antenna
Chuang Shi, Tianming Liu, Ning Xue +6 more
Aerospace Science and Technology · 2026
Human-in-the-Loop Swarms: A Bionic Swarm Approach to Real-World Soil Mapping
Petras Swissler, Mohammadali Rashidioun, Nicholas Sahu +3 more
2026
Learning Adaptive Multi-Task Guidance, Navigation, and Control via Hypernetworks
Ricard Marsal I Castan, Aman Arora, Antoine Richard +3 more
2026
Computing on the Fly: Navigating a Vision for the Future of Drone Computing
Kevin Butler, Christopher Stewart, Nils Aschenbruck +4 more
2026
Embodied cognition-driven interpretable trajectory prediction of autonomous systems.
Wang X, Du Q, Wu Q +5 more
Nature communications · 2026