page_title: Georgia Institute of Technology Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines
section_title: Laboratories
hierarchical_section_title: Georgia Institute of Technology Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines / Organization / Laboratories
caption_attribution_description: English: Ayanna M. Howard, Associate Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, with a SnoMote. See here
context_page_description: The Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines is an interdisciplinary research unit at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The center was launched May, 2006, and consists of researchers from the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing, College of Engineering, and Georgia Tech Research Institute. IRIM@GT currently offers a Ph.D. program in robotics, the first truly multi-disciplinary program in the country after the one of Carnegie Mellon University.
context_section_description: Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Research Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
  Agricultural Technology Research Program, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
  Biomedical Imaging Lab, Department of Biomedical Engineering.
  The BORG Lab, College of Computing.
  Computational Perception Lab, College of Computing.
  Contextual Computing Group, College of Computing.
  Construction Resource Center, College of Architecture.
  Embedded and Autonomous Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  Georgia Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  Human Automation Systems Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  Intelligent Machines Dynamics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
  Laboratory for Neuroengineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
  The Mobile Robot Lab, College of Computing.
  Robotic Mechanisms Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering.
  The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility (UAV Lab), School of Aerospace Engineering.
  Virtual Factory Laboratory, School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
  Human Vision Simulation Laboratory, Georgia Tech Research Institute.
  Socially Intelligent Machines Laboratory, College of Computing
caption: Ayanna M. Howard, Associate Professor in ECE, with a SnoMote robot designed to study the impact of global warming on Antarctic ice shelves.
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