Carnegie Robotics 买下总部蓝色大楼：从租户变业主
宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市——匹兹堡机器人与自动驾驶技术公司 Carnegie Robotics 于10月22日宣布，已从地区工业发展公司（RIDC）手中买下其长期总部及周边四英亩地产，地址为 Hatfield 街4501号。这栋被匹兹堡人称为“蓝色大楼”的5万平方英尺物业自2014年起即为该公司总部，前身是历史悠久的 Heppenstall 钢铁公司厂房。
Carnegie Robotics 由 John Bares 于2010年创立，Bares 曾任卡内基梅隆大学国家机器人工程中心主任。公司从初创小企业成长为商用与国防自动驾驶领域的全美知名企业，且未接受过风险投资、私募股权或外部投资者注资。RIDC 于2002年收购原 Heppenstall 地块，在宾州政府、Richard King Mellon 基金会及 RIDC 制造贷款基金支持下完成环境整治与改造。
Bares 表示，没有 RIDC 当年的信任与支持，就没有今天的 Carnegie Robotics。RIDC 总裁 Donald F. Smith Jr. 表示，这正是 RIDC 长期经济影响力的体现。该公司2015年曾参与创立 Uber 自动驾驶部门，目前是美国陆军地面车辆自动驾驶现代化项目的重要技术供应商。（GSM据Carnegie Robotics经EINPresswire发布的官方新闻稿报道）
Carnegie Robotics Purchases Its Historic Blue Building Headquarters: From Tenant to Owner
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Carnegie Robotics, a Pittsburgh robotics and autonomous technology company, announced on October 22 that it has purchased its longtime headquarters and the surrounding four-acre property at 4501 Hatfield Street from the Regional Industrial Development Corporation (RIDC). The 50,000-square-foot property, known throughout Pittsburgh as the “Blue Building,” has been the company's home since 2014 and was once part of the historic Heppenstall Steel Company.
Carnegie Robotics was founded in 2010 by John Bares, former director of Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center. It has grown from a small startup into a nationally recognized leader in commercial and defense autonomy — without venture capital, private equity, or outside investors. RIDC acquired the former Heppenstall property in 2002 and, with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Richard King Mellon Foundation and RIDC's Manufacturing Loan Fund, completed environmental remediation and redevelopment.
Bares said the milestone would not have happened without RIDC's early trust and support. Donald F. Smith Jr., president of RIDC, said the partnership demonstrates the kind of long-term economic impact RIDC was created to foster. In 2015 the company helped launch Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, and it is today a key technology provider for the U.S. Army's autonomous ground vehicle modernization efforts. (GSM, based on the Carnegie Robotics release via EINPresswire)
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