The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies University of South Florida: 1 model, $3.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
The University of South Florida (USF) hosts robotics research across multiple labs and centers, including the **Center for Assistive, Rehabilitation & Robotics Technologies (CARRT)**, the **BioRobotics Laboratory**, the **Robot Perception and Action Lab (RPAL)**, the **Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Group (CVPRG)**, and the **Center for Innovation, Technology, and Aging (CITA)**. Research spans rehabilitation and assistive robotics, biologically-inspired robotics, multi-robot systems, robot grasping and manipulation, computational imaging for robot vision, and humanoid/soccer-playing robots (RoboCup). USF's robotics work is funded by NSF, DARPA, the State of florida, the VA, and internal CREATE seed grants.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
President
Endowment
Enrollment
Bellini College
AI Research Since
Research Areas
Launch Dean
CARRT Equipment
Notable Platforms
Funding Sources
Notable Former Faculty
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (7)
- Moez Limayem Presidentsecondary-verified
- Sudeep Sarkar Distinguished University Professor & Launch Dean, Bellini Collegesecondary-verified
- Yu Sun Professor, Computer Science & Engineering; Director, CITA & RPAL
- Alfredo Weitzenfeld Professor, Computer Science & Engineering; Director, BioRobotics Laboratory
- Rajiv Dubey Professor, Mechanical Engineering; Founding Faculty, CARRT
- Redwan Alqasemi Research Professor, CARRT, Mechanical Engineering
- John Murray-Bruce Assistant Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Safety record
No incidents on record for University of South Florida.
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 South Florida on the data-center map
Every verified data center University of South Florida 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 South Florida data centers (1)
- CIRCE Compute ClusterTampa · operating
AI data centers University of South Florida operates or is a party to, from the DEPLOY data center registry.
Recent coverage
University of South Florida 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
- $3.0M
- Employees
- 49,766
- 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.
Funding rounds (3)
University of South Florida’s 3 disclosed rounds, $3M in total, oldest to newest.
- Seed
$1M(reported)
- Seed
$1M(reported)
- Seed
$1M(reported)
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 University of South Florida.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 South Florida from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Moez Limayem Unanimously Selected by USF Board of Trustees as the University's Next President
Moez Limayem selected as USF's 9th president after raising over 126 million USD as dean of the Muma College of Business.
USF building pipeline of researchers to develop technologies for aging adults in new summer program
USF CITA launches summer program to train researchers in assistive robotics for aging populations.
How a Simple Chair in the 1980s Led to USF's Global Leadership in AI
USF's AI research dates to 1984 with Kevin Bowyer's chair project, growing into global AI leadership with the Bellini College of AI.
Imaging the Impossible: USF researcher pushing boundaries of what we can see
John Murray-Bruce's computational imaging research reconstructs 3D images of hidden scenes, funded by NSF and DARPA.
Electrical Engineering Lab becomes New Robotics Hub
USF establishes new robotics lab in Electrical Engineering department.
Robin Murphy: Roboticist to the Rescue
IEEE Spectrum profile of Robin Murphy, rescue robotics pioneer formerly at USF.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/university-of-south-florida.md
- RSS feed: /companies/university-of-south-florida/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/76a888c8-a9b8-4d96-8b29-6c063dab4bfd
- Revision history: /companies/university-of-south-florida/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
Meet the robots at USF's RARE lab. Researchers are using projector-based augmented reality to create robots that can project images and instructions onto clutte
Researchers at the University of South Florida are teaching robots to "speak" visually, a breakthrough that could change how emergency crews communicate when tr
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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Reality vs attention
University of South Florida draws attention at the 52nd 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