Project Grant 1416444

This Project Grant award of $126,338 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a collaborative research project at the University of Florida focused on developing a novel human-robot interface for remote operation of underwater robots. The project aims to create an immersive mixed reality display that integrates robot sensor data and hydrodynamic simulations to enable seamless translation of perceptions and actions between the operator and the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Crabline Robotics LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop a dexterous, crab-like aquatic robot platform for underwater construction and decommissioning of structures. The project seeks to create a new class of aquatic robotics capable of stabilizing around a target and precisely delivering tools, such as exothermic cutting rods, to underwater structures. This...

This $699,192 project grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) supports Armada Marine Robotics Inc.'s research and development of a scalable, sustainable ocean monitoring solution. The project aims to develop a new class of uncrewed underwater sensing platforms with innovative propulsion and ballast technologies that enable enhanced mobility and persistent ocean monitoring...

This EAGER (Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research) Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to advance dexterous teleoperation and human-robot collaboration technologies. The $160,000 award supports research to develop a learning-based robot control policy, a safety-aware multi-modal perception system, and integrated control and feedback mechanisms for intuitive and precise bi-directional human-robot interactions. The project...

The Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers LLC (TDSX) will develop a compact underwater light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for integration into small remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) under a $128,918 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Phase I SBIR project will prove the feasibility of reducing the size and weight of a LIDAR system for internal installation in...

This $140,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to revolutionize teleoperation technology for dexterous in-hand manipulation in human-robot collaboration. The primary research objectives are to: 1) develop a learning-based robot control policy to interpret human commands using end-effect-based task features, 2) create a safety-aware, multi-modal perception system to optimize sensory inputs for intuitive and safe operation, and...

Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to further develop collaborative algorithms for autonomous swarming of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). The company's Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel technology provides a family of portable, foldable and energy-efficient USVs that can rapidly deploy and map predefined survey areas without existing infrastructure....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems will fund the development of shape-based remote manipulation technologies and educational outreach activities totaling $606,545. Under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the award supports four key objectives over a four-year period from September 2022 to August 2026. First, the grantees at Florida A&M University will develop a remote manipulation...

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provides $256,000 in funding to Gyropalm LLC of West Lafayette, Indiana. The award falls under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), which seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies and solutions to national challenges. Specifically, the company will develop a framework for scalable experimentation of virtual...

This four-year, $603,183 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support the development of shape-based remote manipulation technologies at Northwestern University. The goals of the research are to overcome limitations in haptic feedback and dexterous control for remote presence systems through innovations in multi-finger haptic interfaces, geometric modeling of grasped objects, and shape-based control...