Carnegie Mellon plans new robotics center at Hazelwood Green

Carnegie Mellon University is looking to build a new robotics center at the Hazelwood Green site in Pittsburgh.

Plans for the robotics center were presented to Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission on Tuesday.

The center would include a 150,000-square-foot research building with a two-story enclosure for testing on robots and drones and a 1½-acre outdoor laboratory, said Bob Reppe, the university’s architect.

“It really is intended to be a space where robotics research is done, especially robotics research that may not fit on campus,” Reppe said.

The school already is leasing space at Hazelwood Green’s Mill 19 building, but this would mark the first new building the university would construct at the site.

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