John Bares
Director, National Robotics Engineering Consortium
Senior Research Scientist, Robotics Institute
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Bill Ross, David Stager, Chris Fromme

Speaker Bio:

John Bares is an Associate Research Professor in Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Institute and Director of the National Robotics Engineering Consortium (NREC). Dr. Bares’ research objective is to design, build and test robotic systems that will evolve to be used in industry and the military to solve tasks in complex, changing and dangerous environments. He has led research efforts including automated paint removal systems for large ferro-magnetic structures, automated surface and underground mining systems and autonomous volcanic exploration.

Currently a key focus is in engineering a new generation of unmanned ground vehicles for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. As Director of the NREC, Dr. Bares is in an ideal role to identify and solve the problems that limit the commercial and military practicality and adoption of robotics.

He has also overseen the creation and funding of the K-12 Robotics Academy at the NREC and provides strategic direction to the Academy. Bares received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991 and holds five U.S. patents.

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