{"id":286351,"date":"2026-07-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/carnegie-mellon-university-selects-optitrack-as-motion-capture-technology-partner-for-new-robotics-innovation-center\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:05:09","slug":"carnegie-mellon-university-selects-optitrack-as-motion-capture-technology-partner-for-new-robotics-innovation-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/carnegie-mellon-university-selects-optitrack-as-motion-capture-technology-partner-for-new-robotics-innovation-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnegie Mellon University Selects OptiTrack as Motion Capture Technology Partner for New Robotics Innovation Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carnegie Mellon University Selects OptiTrack as Motion Capture Technology Partner for New Robotics Innovation Center<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260706829442\/en\/Carnegie-Mellon-University-Selects-OptiTrack-as-Motion-Capture-Technology-Partner-for-New-Robotics-Innovation-Center<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-06 12:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.businesswire.com<\/a><\/p>\n

CORVALLIS, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–<\/span>OptiTrack, the world\u2019s largest motion capture provider and a pioneer in precision 3D tracking technology for nearly three decades, today announced a multi-year technology partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to equip two research facilities at the university\u2019s newly opened Robotics Innovation Center (RIC) with advanced motion capture systems. OptiTrack deployed a combined 92 high-performance cameras across the RIC\u2019s indoor Motion Capture Studio and outdoor Drone Cage.<\/p>\n

OptiTrack deployed a combined 92 high-performance cameras across two research facilities at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Innovation Center. Together, the systems will power a broad range of robotics and physical AI research.<\/p>\n

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\nThe partnership pairs two institutions at the top of their respective fields. Carnegie Mellon is internationally renowned for its fundamental and applied research in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. Its Robotics Institute, founded in 1979 as the world\u2019s first university robotics department, is consistently ranked among the world\u2019s leading robotics programs. OptiTrack, founded in 1996, has spent nearly 30 years engineering the motion capture systems trusted by thousands of research institutions worldwide.<\/p>\n

\nThe CMU Robotics Innovation Center<\/p>\n

\nThe RIC celebrated its grand opening on February 27, 2026, with a ceremony that demonstrated CMU\u2019s leadership in robotics, physical AI and cutting-edge technology, and the university\u2019s role in bringing these technologies from the lab to real-world deployment. The 150,000-square-foot facility at Hazelwood Green – a revitalized development on the former site of Pittsburgh\u2019s historic Jones & Laughlin Steel Mill – houses a 50,000-square-foot robotics testing floor, aquatic research lab, motion capture studio, and a 6,000-square-foot outdoor drone cage.<\/p>\n

\nThe Systems<\/p>\n

\nThe indoor Motion Capture Studio features 28 PrimeX41 cameras and 4 Prime Color…<\/p>\n

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