Media Robotics is the studio practice based joint of Cultural Studies and Robotics Research. Mediation brings to Media Robotics the concern for the cultural situatedness of all human artifacts. Robotics brings to Media Robotics the inter-disciplinary engineering sciences that allow one to build robust systems for the unstructured world. Mutually infected and informed by the joint, technical practice and cultural engagement can foster the investigation of complex engaged machines that affect our daily lives.

The Center for Virtual Architecture's research is located at the intersection of architecture, new media and computational technologies. Focus areas include learning environments, design environments, responsive architecture and pervasive media. Computational technology provides both a means and a medium for this research: an operative paradigm for conceptualizing relations between people, information, and the material fabric of everyday life.

The Intermedia Performance Studio (IPS) is a collaborative initiative that includes researchers, scientists, and artists from the departments of Media Study, Theatre & Dance, and Computer Science and Engineering. Designed as an experimental performance space, the IPS explores how digital technology and virtual environments can affect interpersonal dynamics (i.e., individual interactions with virtual actors and intelligent agents), as well as the communal relationships that are traditionally a part of live performance.

Digital Workshop in the School of Architecture and Planning provides a range of the latest equipment dedicated to material research, model making and fabrication. The Workshop is equipped with a Stratasys 3D Printer and Universal Laser Systems X2-600 Laser Cutter.

The Materials and Methods Shop is a complete machine and assembly shop, one of the finest in any U.S. architecture school. It contains 7,000 square feet of high-bay space for working with wood, metals, concrete and plastics.