PITTSBURGH, Pa (PTTP) – “We are the robotics capital of the world,” declares Jorgen Pedersen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as an undergraduate with a degree in computer and electrical engineering, Pedersen became the first graduate from CMU with a master’s degree in robotics. He has grown in the city he was taught in and now is the Central Operating Officer of Sarcos, a robotics engineering company focused on empowering and improving the safety of the industrial workforce.
Sarcos builds robots that not only fortify human workers but are also inspired by the beauty and natural aptitude of life on Earth in its ability to solve problems in the physical world.
Created and shipped from the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Lawrenceville, these technologies serve myriad industries including heavy manufacturing, oil and gas, aviation, parks and forest management, and national defense. Their goal is to keep humans out of harm’s way and in a place of greater productivity by allowing human-controlled robots to handle dangerous and tedious jobs. With remote-operated technology that connects mind with metal, Sarcos bridges “robotic strength and precision with human judgment and ingenuity.”
“Nature abhors a void,” says Pedersen, noting the way that we humans have a remarkable inclination to change and improve – robotics are just an example of that. The Orwellian fear that technology is going to take over society – or take people’s jobs – is unfounded, says Pedersen.
On the contrary, the products at Sarcos provide more jobs by enabling a larger pool of people to do work that once only a few could do. Not only that, but they open the opportunity for the workforce to move toward more productive jobs; jobs that will incite a greater change in their field. “These are tools humanity can use to help us improve as a society,” says Pedersen.