Project Grant 90BISA0028

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program Project Grant, with the award ID 2340519, is providing $478,141 to the University of Illinois to develop a personalized, wearable robotic prosthesis that can dynamically adapt to the unique movement patterns and sensory needs of individuals with below-knee amputations (BKA). The 5-year project aims to create an advanced, co-adaptive robotic prosthesis that uses biofeedback and real-time optimization to continuously personalize the...

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, doing business as Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, will conduct the "POWER FORWARD STUDY: A CROSS-SECTOR, MULTISITE CLINICAL TRIAL OF A POWERED KNEE-ANKLE-FOOT ORTHOSIS" project under a $1.679 million project grant from the Department of the Army Medical Command. The grant was awarded on August 1, 2022 and will support project activities through July 31, 2026. The project aims to transform health care for service members and the public through...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $275,000 to Rehabnetics Medical LLC will fund the development of a prototype robotic wrist-hand exoskeleton device for physical therapy. The system aims to provide tailored rehabilitative exercises and quantified measures of therapeutic progress for patients with motor deficits resulting from neurological conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, and Parkinson's...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to create a personalized training framework that adapts to each worker's cognitive functions and sensorimotor skills in collaborative robotic manufacturing environments. The $299,953 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, focuses on advancing personalized training strategies for complex...

This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to understand the mechanisms that govern co-adaptation between humans and synthetic agents during interactive tasks. The $699,641 award, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, will enable researchers at the University of Delaware to investigate how humans seamlessly interact with adaptive systems like brain-machine interfaces, prosthetics, and exoskeletons....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $650,000 to develop a soft growing robotic system to assist older adults and their caregivers with mobility support. The project aims to create an easy-to-use robotic belt that can safely transfer older adults from bed to wheelchair, reducing the physical burden on caregivers. The award includes sub-grants to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center,...

This $720,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CFDA 47.070 - Computer and Information Science and Engineering) will develop a novel robotic ankle-foot orthosis (exoskeleton) system to assist older adults' mobility and gait ability in real-world ambulation. The project at North Carolina State University aims to design and fabricate a compact, lightweight robotic ankle-foot orthosis to provide powered assistance and enhance ankle...

This $1,264,792 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to develop a highly flexible and adaptable robotic arm called COBRA (Continuum Bioinspired Robotic Assistant) to assist people with disabilities or who use wheelchairs with daily tasks. The research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute focuses on creating soft, lightweight, and safe robots inspired by origami that can handle complex manipulations like picking up items or opening...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northeastern University received a $440,000 Project Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2027. The project, titled "Robotic Augmentation of Physical Therapists for Locomotor Rehabilitation," develops and validates telerobotic systems designed to reduce physical...

This $901,102 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation will fund fundamental research at the University of California, Davis, the University of Colorado Boulder, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. The research aims to develop a new theoretical framework for promoting more forgiving and effective relationships between humans and autonomous machines through the concept of embodiment. Key activities will include:...