The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Texas Tech University: 1 model, $105,524 raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
Texas Tech University's robotics research spans the Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Computer Science within the Whitacre College of Engineering. Key labs include the **Computational Robotics and Mechatronics (CRM) Laboratory** (medical/Soft robotics), the **Human-Centric Design Research Lab** (biomechanics, human-robot interaction), the **DISCO Group** (robotics control, UAVs), and the **BASTLab**.
TTU offers a college-level interdisciplinary Robotics minor, hosts the annual GEAR K-12 LEGO robotics tournament, and is a partner in the NSF ERC for Human AugmentatioN via Dexterity (HAND) for dexterous robot hands.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundOther post-money
Key facts
President
Endowment
Enrollment
Faculty
Research Areas
NSF Grant
NSF ERC Partnership
Key Labs
K-12 Outreach
Funding Sources
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Texas Tech University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dexterity1× joint4 total
Most recent
Texas Tech University on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (6)
- Lawrence Schovanec Presidentsecondary-verified
- Stas Tiomkin Assistant Professor, Computer Sciencesecondary-verified
- Xiaolong Liu Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Director, CRM Lab
- James Yang Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Director, Human-Centric Design Research Lab
- Beibei Ren Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Co-Director, DISCO Group
- Victor Maldonado Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Safety record
No incidents on record for Texas Tech University.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Texas Tech University on the data-center map
Every verified data center Texas Tech University operates that has a mapped coordinate (1 total). Filled circles are Tier-2 facilities and Tier-1 campuses under this operator; click any pin to open its record.
Texas Tech University data centers (1)
AI data centers Texas Tech University operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
Texas Tech University in third-party press
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $105,524
- Employees
- 40,000
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company Texas Tech University has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Dexterity1× joint4 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Other2025-06-20
$105,524(reported) · $1M post
Investors: National Science Foundation (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Texas Tech University’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundOther funding round
2025-06-20Other raising $105524
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Texas Tech University.Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Texas Tech University from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Texas Tech Professor Awarded 105K USD NSF Grant to Advance Robot Intelligence Research
Stas Tiomkin awarded 105,524 USD NSF grant to develop self-recovering robotic systems using Agent-Induced Lyapunov Exponents (AILE) for autonomous robot viability.
Advancing Robot Learning: Assistant Professor's Research Accepted at ICRA 2024
Two papers accepted at ICRA 2024 on acoustic wave manipulation and Lyapunov reward-based robot learning.
Record Enrollment, Bold Vision Highlight State of the University Address
President Lawrence Schovanec highlighted record enrollment and bold vision as Texas Tech builds on its first 100 years of excellence.
NSF announces 4 new Engineering Research Centers focused on biotechnology, manufacturing, robotics and sustainability
NSF announces HAND ERC with TTU as partner for dexterous robot hands, ~$26M over 5 years.
Governor Abbott Celebrates Launch of Texas Tech University's New Engineering Research Center
TTU launches NSF ERC CASFER, the largest grant in university history (~$26M over 5 years).
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/texas-tech-university.md
- RSS feed: /companies/texas-tech-university/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1e329a9a-1142-48dc-9bfa-0b5d8e70637f
- Revision history: /companies/texas-tech-university/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Video
We are the Texas A&M RoboMaster Robotics Team, one of the largest and most involved student engineering organizations on campus. Our mission is to build 7 comp
Halliburton and the Texas Tech University T-STEM Center in collaboration with the Whitacre College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Departmen
Just a quick demonstration of the platform being used to serve as the foundation of a medical robot being developed at Texas Tech University by the undergraduat
Testing a strictly proportional style of control to maintain a specified position of the wrist roll joint in the robot arm.
West Texas Robotics Championship at Texas Tech For more Local News from KCBD: https://www.kcbd.com/ For more YouTube Content: https://www.youtube.com/channe
The Robotics & Mechatronics Technology Certificate offers a hands-on approach to learning and is designed to prepare students for careers in the growing field o
Meet Zachary Carroll, a sophomore studying Industrial Engineering with minors in Robotics and Computer Science, and president of the Association of Competitive
Texas Tech Robotics Fair held at Science Spectrum For more Local News from KCBD: https://www.kcbd.com/ For more YouTube Content: https://www.youtube.co
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Texas Tech University draws attention at the 54th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 5, 2026