During the 2003/04 academic year, three computer science students from Bryn Mawr College were awarded a CRA-W grant to create a tour guide robot.

The goal of this initiative is to increase the numbers of women and minorities who continue on to graduate school in computer science and engineering.

The program, called Collaborative Research Experience for Undergraduates (CREU), is designed to provide positive research experiences for teams of undergraduates who will work during the academic year at their home institutions. Formerly administered as the CREW program, the program has been expanded to encourage young computer scientists and engineers from all underrepresented groups to consider graduate school, either directly or indirectly.