The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies University of Miami: 1 model. 3 sources back the record.
Models
1
Employees
20k
Overview
The University of Miami's robotics research is primarily housed in the **Robotics and Autonomous Systems cluster** within the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (College of Engineering), with interdisciplinary collaborations spanning the Miller School of Medicine, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, the Rosenstiel School of Marine Science, and the School of Architecture. Research spans medical/surgical robotics, assistive devices, legged robots with bioinspired robotic tails, robotic exoskeletons, autonomous vehicles, underwater vehicles, drones, and human-machine collaboration.
The flagship lab is the **Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (RMLab)**, directed by Dr. Pinhas Ben-Tzvi.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
President
Endowment
Enrollment
Robotics Chair
Research Areas
Flagship Lab
RMLab Funding
Endowed Chair
Medical Robotics
NASA Lunabotics
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
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Every company University of Miami has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
University of Miami on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- Emrah Celik Faculty Advisor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
- Joe Echevarria President & CEOsecondary-verified
- Pinhas Ben-Tzvi Professor & Chair, ECEsecondary-verified
- Mingzhe Chen Assistant Professor, ECE; Knight Foundation Chair in Data Science and AI
- Shahriar Negahdaripour Professor, ECE
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of Miami.
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 Miami on the data-center map
Every verified data center University of Miami 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 Miami data centers (1)
AI data centers University of Miami operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
University of Miami in third-party press
Financial state
- Employees
- 20,000
- 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
2 total · 2 operating
Every company University of Miami has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 2 partnerships
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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 (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 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
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for University of Miami.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning University of Miami from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
New AI Platform Could Help Cancer Survivors Get Personalized Support Between Doctor Visits
Frank Penedo, Ph.D., director of Sylvester’s Survivorship and Supportive Care Institute The framework is designed to personalize evidence-based support as survivors navigate…
UHealth Heart and Lung Surgery Programs Earn Top STS Ratings
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons recognized UHealth’s aortic valve, mitral valve and thoracic surgery programs for strong patient outcomes and specialized care. MIAMI — The…
Sylvester at ASTRO 2026
Sylvester faculty, trainees and students will showcase leadership, research and clinical innovation across radiation oncology at ASTRO 2026. Sept. 24, 2026 — Sylvester…
Researchers Launch $26 Million Study to Predict ALS and FTD Before Symptoms Begin
September 23, 2026 – MIAMI–Funded by a $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is part of a major effort…
Sylvester Explores Blood Test That Could Improve Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
Peter Hosein, MD, associate director for clinical research with the Pancreatic Cancer Research Institute at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Summary: MIAMI (Sept. 16, 2026)…
New Review Highlights Promise of Intra-Arterial Stem Cell Therapy to Improve Stroke Recovery
University of Miami researchers outline emerging frontier in regenerative stroke treatment Sept. 8, 2026 — Researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and…
US Study Finds Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Have More Than Doubled, Even 1 Drink a Day May Raise Risk
Ascendants US Study Finds Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Have More Than Doubled, Even 1 Drink a Day May Raise Risk Alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US have climbed sharply over…
UM HEALTH : Can Advanced Mapping Improve AFib Ablation? The EMPIRE-AF Study
By: Chad Hanson University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers are testing whether an advanced heart-mapping technology can identify the electrical signals driving…
Autonomous student-built rover earns honors at NASA challenge
UM Lunabotics team achieves full autonomy for first time, placing 4th in autonomy among 50+ universities.
Robotics innovator named to endowed engineering chair
$1.5M gift plus Knight Foundation match creates Rodolfo and Mirta Sanchez Endowed Chair for robotics innovation.
Robotics innovator named chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, an internationally recognized robotics expert with 13 U.S. patents, joins UM as ECE chair with a 3 million USD endowed chair after serving as NSF Program Director.
NSF awards boost research on aerosols and concrete
UM College of Engineering faculty receive prestigious NSF CAREER awards for research in aerosols and concrete materials.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/university-of-miami.md
- RSS feed: /companies/university-of-miami/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4452e8ae-8530-491c-b2a7-437e7723d244
- Revision history: /companies/university-of-miami/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Did you know that a team of real-life soccer playing robots is training on campus? These are not people-operated toys. They are sophisticated humanoid robots th
Marine science student Massima Ponce gives us a look at her summer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), supporting deep-sea research
During the 2022–23 academic year, a group of engineering students worked together to design, code, and construct a lunar mining robot—intended to excavate mater
Hear directly from Miami University students Megan Walston (Robotics Engineering major, Spanish minor), Michael Brown (Electrical and Computer Engineering 4+1 p
Learn more about RoboCanes and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences: http://www.as.miami.edu/csc/.
From rockets to robots to concrete canoes, students at @universityofmiami are turning ideas into real-world achievements, while our faculty advance breakthrough
Policy conference April 21 & 22 bringing together robot designers and policy makers.
Dipen Parekh, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of UHealth, the University of Miami Health System, Director of Robotic Surgery, and Founding Director of Desai Sethi
Founded at Miami Law, We Robot is the most exciting interdisciplinary conference on the legal and policy questions relating to robots. The conference is for tho
UM faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff showcased their research posters and demos at the third annual Computing Day he
Meet the students behind Robocanes, our artificial intelligence and robotics team, at the University of Miami.
FUN STUFF: Affiliate links to my favorite products I actually use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/culturesnap/list/16RDACI1TXC88 Affiliate link to my favorite AI
#firstroboticscompetition #umiami #roboticsengineering
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 Miami draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
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