Red Whittaker

American roboticist

William L. "Red" Whittaker (born 1948) is an American roboticist and research professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. He led Tartan Racing to its first-place victory in the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007) Urban Challenge and brought Carnegie Mellon University the two million dollar prize.²

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About

Previously, Whittaker also competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge, placing second and third place simultaneously in the Grand Challenge Races.

Whittaker is currently the Fredkin Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute as well as the Director of the Field Robotics Center and Chief Scientist of the Robotics Engineering Consortium, both located at the university.

Red founded and led Carnegie Mellon University's team in the Google Lunar X Prize. from its inception in 2007 until its ultimate closure in 2018. Today, Whittaker continues this work through NASA contracts in the form of MoonRanger, a planetary rover in development designed to quickly and autonomously explore the surface of the Moon.

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Companies

Astrobotic TechnologyFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

1973Princeton University Bachelor of Science; civil engineering^{3 4}
1979Carnegie Mellon University Doctor of Philosophy; civil engineering³

Career

Occupation: design engineer, roboticist.^{7 8}

Date not recordedWorked at Carnegie Mellon University⁵
Date not recordedFounded Astrobotic Technology⁶

Fellow, American Association for Artificial Intelligence

Member, National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Advanced Space Technologies

Member, American Nuclear Society; Robotics and Remote Systems Division

Member, National Academy of Sciences Peer Review Committee on DOE Environmental Management Technologies, 1994–1995.

Member, National Academy of Sciences Committee to Provide Interim Oversight of the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, 1988–1989.

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Personal life

BornHollidaysburg⁹
CitizenshipUnited States^{8 10}

Awards

2012IEEE Simon Ramo Medal^{11 13}
1993AAAI Fellow^{11 12}

Sources

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