Media Coverage
Four UMD faculty members recently received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on up-and-coming researchers… (Read More)
When fighting besieged the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk in June, 12,000 residents sought shelter in bunkers beneath a chemical plant. Racing against time and deteriorating conditions, U.N. humanitarian officials were essentially blind, unable to reliably determine the civilians’ well-being or secure them a route to safety...(Read More)
The new ArtIAMAS-MIPS Program announces it has funded four pilot phase projects in the areas of robotic navigation in unstructured terrains, multi-robot ground and aerial collaboration, detecting landmines using unmanned ground vehicles, and aerial autonomy.…(Read More)
UMBC has officially reached the nation’s highest level of research performance. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education today announced that UMBC has been placed into the category of doctoral universities with very high research activity, popularly known as Research 1 (or R1).…(Read More)
November 29th, 2021
For the scientific community and other experts trying to make sense of a rapidly warming world, climate change is the stuff of nightmares: floods, heat waves, hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters—all occurring with more intensity, frequency, and cost…(Read More)
October 15th, 2021
ARL Director Pat Baker observes a demonstration of an ArtIAMAS mobile robot at the grand opening of the University System of Maryland Southern Maryland Autonomous Research and Technology (SMART) Building. (Read More)
June 1st, 2021
May 27th, 2021
May 26th, 2021
U.S. Army Research Lab and two Md. universities launch $68M robotics and AI partnership
May 26th, 2021
UMD and UMBC teams will be able to test their new tech at ARL’s Robotics Research Collaborative Campus, which includes a 200-acre outdoor lab north of Baltimore….(Read More)
Artificial intelligence agreement to advance Army modernization efforts
May 26th, 2021
The U.S. Army plans to cooperate in artificial intelligence research with teams led by the University of Maryland, College Park and in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The cooperative agreement brings together a collaborative of nearly 30 diverse experts in engineering, robotics, computer science, operations research, modeling and simulation, and cybersecurity…(Read More)
UMBC to partner with UMD, Army Research Lab to advance AI and autonomy through $68M collaboration
May 26th, 2021
From surveillance tools to autonomous machines, countries around the world are ramping up their military artificial intelligence (AI) assets. Such robust technologies are necessary to protect the United States from surprise attacks, which occur these days not only…(Read More)
UMD, UMBC, ARL Announce Cooperative Agreement to Accelerate AI, Autonomy in Complex Environments
May 26th, 2021
An interdisciplinary research team led by the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) and in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) worth…(Read More)