New Technologies Find Ideal Testing Ground at PIT

At the airport, a first-of-its kind laboratory for robotics, other innovations

By Gina Mastrangelo

Published January 29, 2024

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As you walk through Pittsburgh International Airport, you expect to see concession options, gates and an airfield full of planes out the window. But there’s something else a bit more unexpected going on, as well: dozens of new technologies being tested all around you.

Much of it is thanks to PIT’s xBridge program, a driver of innovation that’s developing and testing new