NREC’s mission is to mature robotics technologies into operationally relevant, field-tested systems and transfer them to our clients for commercialization.  The hard work and creativity of NREC's faculty and staff bring these technologies from sketches on a white board to fully-realized, deliverable prototypes. Our faculty have the deep domain knowledge needed to push the envelope in robotics research.  Our staff engineers, technicians, programmers, machinists, and commercialization specialists have the skills and experience to make their inventions a reality.

Faculty

NREC’s Commercialization Specialist is a unique, faculty-level position that focuses on “making things work” rather than “developing theory.”  Commercialization Specialists work closely with clients to achieve the client’s schedule, cost and performance goals.  They gather requirements, investigate new technologies, and evaluate design options.  They build prototype systems and refine them to improve performance, robustness and reliability.   

Commercialization Specialists have extensive knowledge of an area of robotics technology: sensors, computer vision, planning and optimization, mechanical design, simulation, and more.  They typically have Masters or Ph.D. degrees. Senior Commercialization Specialists are experienced project managers who develop innovative technologies for use across many robotics applications, identify potential sponsors, negotiate agreements, and license technologies for commercial use.

Principal Commspecs

NREC’s staff provides the in-house engineering expertise to implement projects for our clients.  Our engineers, computer scientists, and other specialists supply the technical know-how to design, build and test our systems. Our machinists and technicians fabricate parts, assemble prototypes, and keep our systems running in the field. Our support staff keeps things running smoothly and provides specialized skills as needed.