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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: May 13, 2011
The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences has named Henrik Christensen (Interactive Computing) to the Robotics Technology Consortium’s Board of Directors.
The Robotics Technology Consortium (RTC) is a non-profit industry organization formed in 2008 to speed the creation and deployment of ground robotics technology for the U.S. Dept. of Defense and other government entities. The RTC, with a membership of nearly 200 large and small commercial companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations, develops solutions to meet critical needs identified by the Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise (OSD/JGRE) to support national security objectives.
Christensen is KUKA Chair of Robotics in the College of Computing’s School of Interactive Computing, as well as director of the Robotics and Intelligent Machines Center (RIM@GT). He is former chair of the European Robotics Research Network and led the 2008-09 Computing Research Association effort to develop a roadmap for U.S. robotics research. In March, Christensen received the Engelberger Award, considered the world’s highest honor in industrial robotics.
