28th
09,03
The other university that I really want to be involved is definitely Carnegie Mellon University. CMU recently becomes famous due to tough and diverse Computer Science programs. Not only that the Robotics Institutes (RI) is the first and biggest department developing robots. I applied to both of programs CSD and RI of CMU. However, I thought RI fitted to me because of my previous experiences. I saw the state-of-the-art robots here and there around the campus while staying in Pittsburgh. The one interesting robot is balancing robot.
This robot automatically keeps its stable position dynamically within the any environment. By moving the ball under the feet, it can actively interact with humans and obstacles. And human-size robot with air-pressure driven actuators is also impressive even though I saw Hubo’s interactions a few years ago.
As a robotician, CMU RI is the best place to learn and do research. On top of that I reasonably expect that CMU RI will be the best robot institute if they improve their overall image of university, personally. By April 4, I have to decide which university is best for my graduate study. It is really happy situation but also difficult decision at least for me.
In this week, I have to think about which fields I feel happy if do something.
P.S. the problem is that I am interested in a lot of diverse fields.
