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Universities Feeding Physical AI

Connect universities and robotics labs to documented Physical AI research, models, spinouts and public industry links without inventing university rankings.

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Last verified: August 13, 2026Original source URL retainedNo salary inferred
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The University of Texas at Austin

University
The University of Texas at Austin
Country
United States
Lab / group
Human Centered Robotics Lab
Research areas
humanoid robotics, controls, human-centered robotics
Models
Not disclosed
Spinouts
Apptronik
Documented industry link
Apptronik originated from the lab
Verified
2026-08-13

Carnegie Mellon University

University
Carnegie Mellon University
Country
United States
Lab / group
Robotics Institute
Research areas
robotics, planning, control, robot learning
Models
Not disclosed
Spinouts
Not disclosed
Documented industry link
Agility CTO Pras Velagapudi earned B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. at CMU and later served as adjunct faculty/project scientist
Verified
2026-08-13

Stanford University

University
Stanford University
Country
United States
Lab / group
Multiple robotics and AI labs
Research areas
robot learning, VLA, manipulation, embodied AI
Models
OpenVLA collaborations
Spinouts
Not disclosed
Documented industry link
Research ecosystem represented in open VLA and Physical AI work
Verified
2026-08-13

University of California, Berkeley

University
University of California, Berkeley
Country
United States
Lab / group
BAIR and robotics groups
Research areas
robot learning, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, cross-embodiment
Models
OpenVLA, Octo
Spinouts
Not disclosed
Documented industry link
Research lineage represented in OpenVLA and Octo collaborations
Verified
2026-08-13

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