CU Denver engineering students get a new humanoid robot
The University of Colorado Denver added a Unitree Robotics unit to its collection on Nov. 12, funded by three engineering departments.
By Neha Kapoor ·
Denver students now share the North Classroom space with a new humanoid robot. The unit arrived on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 12, to join existing robotic assets on campus.
The acquisition was funded jointly by the Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Science departments. The dean’s office of the College of Engineering, Design and Computing provided additional financial support for the purchase.
The robot is manufactured by Unitree Robotics. It is programmable and capable of running artificial intelligence software. College officials plan to use the machine for research, teaching, and recruitment activities.
Jae-Do Park, a professor of electrical engineering, stated that the team intends to analyze the system's operations. “We want to study how this human robot is working,” Park said. He added that the group aims to construct their own version in the future.
The device will join other automated systems already housed in North Classroom. This collection includes robotic dogs developed by the Civil Engineering department. Park also plans to integrate the humanoid unit into existing robotics courses for students in the college.
