The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies University of Maryland, College Park: 1 model. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Public research university in College Park, Maryland, founded 1856. Robotics research through the Maryland Robotics Lab and Autonomous Robotics Lab focuses on micro-robotics, swarming, and medical robotics. Close partnership with NIST on manufacturing robotics.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Status
Type
Robotics Center
MRC Director
Maryland Robotics Center scope (primary UMD)
Robotics and autonomy facilities (primary UMD)
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Every company University of Maryland, College Park has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
University of Maryland, College Park on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ryan Sochol Interim MRC DirectorSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of Maryland, College Park.
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 →
University of Maryland, College Park on the data-center map
Every verified data center University of Maryland, College Park 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.
University of Maryland, College Park data centers (1)
AI data centers University of Maryland, College Park operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
University of Maryland, College Park in third-party press
Memorial Middle and High School Robotics Teams earn first place at regional competition - KRMG
Fourth Graders Dominate Charles County Underwater Robotics - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Predictive design of stretchable electrodes with strain-insensitive performance via robotics- and machine learning-integrated workflow - Nature
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Financial state
- 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
2 total · 2 operating
Every company University of Maryland, College Park has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
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 (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for University of Maryland, College Park.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 University of Maryland, College Park from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Memorial Middle and High School Robotics Teams earn first place at regional competition - KRMG
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Fourth Graders Dominate Charles County Underwater Robotics - - The Southern Maryland Chronicle
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Predictive design of stretchable electrodes with strain-insensitive performance via robotics- and machine learning-integrated workflow - Nature
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Abshire Named Chair of SBU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - Stony Brook Matters
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Asia Pacific Center hosts conference on “MIT (Made-in-Taiwan), Redux: New Approaches to Material and Technological Cultures in Taiwan" - .::. UCLA International Institute
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Robot Birds Haven’t Taken Over Our Society...Yet - National Audubon Society
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Foundations of Multi-Agent Learning in Dynamic Environments: Where Reinforcement Learning Meets Strategic Decision-Making | Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence - The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
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Camera Inspired by the Human Eye Can Improve How Robots See, React - Tech Briefs
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NSF invests $20M to advance artificial intelligence technologies for the geosciences - U.S. National Science Foundation (.gov)
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Augmented humanity: - Columbia University Club of Washington, D.C.
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiV0FVX3lxTFBrTnRhc3k3XzltZ2pwODBUWjVrbVBWVHRBckNIUWxWd0lYWDF0S0VYbkZtU2RLdWd3UzdQT3ZOdkhWNUV5SHFReWhwTm1wcFB0cUxtNGkyNA?oc=5"…
Batten College Welcomes New Faculty - Old Dominion University
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VFS announces winners of DBVF competition - Vertical Mag
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/university-of-maryland-college-park.md
- RSS feed: /companies/university-of-maryland-college-park/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/a76e22b4-a0a1-414e-9234-9fb7a8f3b65d
- Revision history: /companies/university-of-maryland-college-park/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
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
University of Maryland, College Park draws attention at the 39th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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 4, 2026