On January 13, 2007, POG announced that it planned to barricade the entrances to the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC).Marty Levine. January 18, 2007. Targeting "Modern Bullet Factory," POG to Block CMU Building. Pittsburgh City Paper. On March 2, 2007, POG members blockaded the Center, a venture of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that receives tens of millions of dollars from the Pentagon and has become a world leader in development of robotics used in warfare. Protesters blocked access to the center by locking their arms together in PVC pipe, hanging suspended from poles rigged into a tripod, or locking themselves to the gate.Rob Amen. March 3, 2007. 14 Protesters Arrested at CMU Robotics Center. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved August 26, 2007.Patrick Young. March 18, 2007. The Next Page: Hot trends in protest technology. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved August 27, 2007. The protest resulted in 14 arrests.Mary Levine. May 10, 2007. Robotics center protesters deal for community service. Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved August 26, 2007. The group claimed victory.
