Much of RIM's success comes from active collaboration with industry partners who help drive programs to produce results that are readily implemented. With over 20 industry partners including OEMs, software vendors, and manufacturers, RIM works with companies of all sizes on short- and long-term projects ranging from several months to a few years.
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Robotics Highlighted in President's Spring 2013 Update
The President’s Update, now available online, provides a high-level overview of Georgia Tech’s impact, as well as research, innovation, student, faculty, and staff accomplishments. The breakthrough research that Georgia Tech is doing in robotics is gaining national and international attention.
Robots Are Not Killing Jobs
In a recent interview with Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum’s “Techwise Conversations,” Henrik Christensen, director of the Robotics & Intelligent Machines Center (RIM) at Georgia Tech, dispels many of the myths surrounding the threat of automation to the American workforce.
Robot Swarms Seen as Guardians Against Future Threats
In his interview with Reuters, Magnus Egerstedt, RIM faculty member and Schlumberger Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, suggests that swarm robotics can and will be used in security and defense where groups of robots can cover large areas.