The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies University of Oklahoma: 1 model.
Overview
Public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, founded 1890. Robotics research through the OU Robotics Lab and Autonomous Systems Lab focuses on UAVs for weather research, autonomous navigation, and AI for environmental monitoring.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Headquarters
Founded
Status
Type
REAL Lab
AIROU Lab
SLAM Lab
KISS Institute
3D Mesonet Drone Project
Key Faculty
Research Areas
Models (1)
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Current leadership (5)
- Dean F. Hougen Presidential Professor & Director, School of Computer Sciencesecondary-verified
- David P. Miller Wilkonson Chair, Professor of Intelligent Systemssecondary-verified
- Golnaz Habibi Assistant Professor & Director, AIROU Labsecondary-verified
- Wei Sun Assistant Professor & Director, SLAM Labsecondary-verified
- Tyler Bell Assistant Professor, Meteorology & Aviationsecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of Oklahoma.
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 Oklahoma on the data-center map
Every verified data center University of Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma data centers (1)
AI data centers University of Oklahoma operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
University of Oklahoma in third-party press
Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm donates $150M to the University of Oklahoma to help study a cause that’s personal to him: diabetes
OU Team Clears New Altitude Milestone in Drone Weather Research
OU Students Make History Operating World's Largest Commercial Solar Drone
Peers
184 peers across 2 segments. Every University of Oklahoma competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
- 4AG Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- 6 River Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATOMSdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Addverbdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aethondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aigendirect competitor(inferred)moderate
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.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 20, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Common questions
What is University of Oklahoma?
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Is University of Oklahoma a top robotics company?
Is University of Oklahoma safe?
Methodology: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Claimed (not independently verified)
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for University of Oklahoma.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning University of Oklahoma from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Billionaire oil tycoon Harold Hamm donates $150M to the University of Oklahoma to help study a cause that’s personal to him: diabetes
The gift is the largest in OU's history, and it arrives as Oklahoma ranks near the bottom nationally for health system performance.
OU Team Clears New Altitude Milestone in Drone Weather Research
OU researchers received an FAA waiver authorizing drone flights to 10,000 feet at Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station — a first for any U.S. university. The…
OU Students Make History Operating World's Largest Commercial Solar Drone
OU students operated Skydweller Aero's solar-powered autonomous drone with a 236-foot wingspan (comparable to a Boeing 747) during a record-setting flight campaign. The aircraft…
Student Robotics Scores Third-Straight Win at Prestigious Autonomous Vehicle Competition
OU's Sooner Competitive Robotics won the auto-nav category at the 32nd annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC), besting 28 teams from seven countries. Their robot…
University of Oklahoma research fuels UAS development
The CopterSonde-3D, a patented weather-sensing UAS developed at OU's CIWRO, is changing weather observations. Designed by Tony Segales as a weathervane-style drone that points…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/university-of-oklahoma.md
- RSS feed: /companies/university-of-oklahoma/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3945bb64-e696-4508-b849-b63a937c2fb1
- Revision history: /companies/university-of-oklahoma/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious50/100
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 Oklahoma draws attention at the 54th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
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