The Medical Automation Research Center (MARC) is a research, development, and consulting organization. MARC develops automation and robotic systems to reduce the cost and improve the quality of health care, applies process control, scheduling and optimization tools to health care delivery, improves use of diagnostic information using innovative information processing and informatics, applies advanced imaging and vision-guided robot control to health care delivery, and provides an educational center where investigators learn the use of advanced automation techniques and provide robotics education to faculty, staff, students and the general public.