About Us

AI-driven robotics is a powerful technology poised to have disruptive societal and economic impact, with the potential to solve pressing grand challenges of our era. KUCARS brings together multidisciplinary robotics experts, research laboratories, a portfolio of projects, and industry collaborations.

The next phase of KUCARS focuses on four scientifically related themes based on embodied AI platforms: unmanned cars, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned marine vehicles, and unmanned manipulators. Scientific research centers on increasing robot autonomy in unstructured environments by developing AI-driven algorithms to perceive and know, learn and predict, and reason, interact, and act.

KUCARS focuses on industry-driven applications including autonomous transport, infrastructure inspection, ocean exploration, and desert agriculture. Its goal is to produce research outcomes and innovations of global significance and to become an internationally leading robotics research center.

Mission

The overall KUCARS mission is to develop next-generation robot systems, generating intellectual property, human capital, infrastructure, local expertise, and know-how.

• Produce top research outputs including journal publications, patents, and start-ups.
• Engage with external stakeholders, industry partners, and top universities through sponsored collaborations.
• Generate external financial support.
• Develop human capital in robotics by educating and training researchers.

Research Mission

KUCARS creates AI-driven robot systems that can observe, learn, predict, interact, and evolve in complex real-world scenarios. The research mission addresses three fundamental AI robotics challenges:

• Actively observe and perceive the physical world with minimal prior knowledge.
• Learn, predict, reason, and plan under uncertainty while executing complex tasks.
• Physically act, interact, adapt, and cooperate safely with humans and the environment.

Vision

KUCARS has the vision to be among the top robotics labs in the world by driving excellence in robotics research, innovation, translation, and education.