You know the future is here when autonomous robots are cutting grand opening ribbons.
Carnegie Mellon University’s new JPMorgan Chase & Co. AI Maker Space, which hosted an opening ceremony on Wednesday morning, will give students across all schools at CMU the chance to experiment with artificial intelligence projects involving robotics, machine learning, computer vision and the like. The new 1,900-square-foot space is located on the first floor of the Tepper Building, which opened in 2018 and houses the university’s business school and Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship.
The space is large enough to accommodate around 20 students working simultaneously, and university reps at the opening said they expect hundreds of students to participate throughout the semester in its open collaboration areas. While not yet open to everyone for use, the new space’s employees are hoping…