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UT Austin x Emerson (Semiconductor AI Research)

Emerson and UT Austin launched a three-year partnership to support advanced research into AI automation energy and semiconductors. The agreement includes research lab upgrades and contributions to launch the new Semiconductor Science and Engineering masters degree program.

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Type
development
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2025-02-25
1.5 years ago
Active for
1.5 years

Who’s involved

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) is a public research university and a major hub for robotics research through its Texas Robotics center. Home to 17 core faculty and 40 affiliated faculty, Texas Robotics spans humanoid robotics, autonomous navigation, surgical robotics, brain-machine interfaces, and field robotics. UT Austin hosts the Army-funded Robotics Center of Excellence (established 2019) and is the birthplace of [Apptronik](/companies/apptronik), a humanoid robotics spinout from the Human Centered Robotics Lab. The university has deployed [Boston Dynamics](/companies/boston-dynamics) Spot robots on campus for a five-year NSF-funded study on human-robot interaction in public spaces.

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  • Emerson Electric · technology provider

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Sources (1)

  1. https://news.utexas.edu/2025/02/25/emerson-partnership-bolsters-ut-expertise-in-semiconductors-and-ai/

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