Project Grant 1556058

Rstream Recycling LLC received a $275,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an autonomous waste sorting platform. The platform aims to improve landfill diversion and recycling rates for non-industrial waste streams at high-traffic venues like stadiums, universities, airports, and theme parks. Currently, waste sorting at these facilities is done manually or through expensive robotic...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $995,163 to Rstream Recycling Inc. to develop an intelligent waste-sorting system for high-traffic venues (HTVs) such as stadiums, universities, airports, and theme parks. The project aims to build a compact, high-throughput, and high-accuracy sorting system that leverages computer vision and machine learning to enable on-site,...

The National Science Foundation awarded Optisort LLC a $255,644 Project Grant under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a robotic vertical glass sorter powered by machine vision and artificial intelligence for glass recycling. The sorter will utilize computer vision and AI technologies to accurately identify and separate glass materials during the recycling process, enabling more accessible, sustainable, and cost-effective glass recycling. The one-year grant period...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $119,466 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. to conduct research on a novel robotic system for high-precision disassembly of discarded electronic devices like cell phones, tablets, and laptops. The research aims to develop the fundamental understanding and enabling technologies needed for a robotic system that can accurately see, interpret, and disassemble...

Gridiron Robotics LLC was awarded a $275,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated outbound packing system. The company will advance a bin packing algorithm using constrained, quantum accelerated deep reinforcement learning to minimize void space and maximize parcel utilization when loading shipping containers. Outcome metrics for the 12-month project period ending January 2024 include achieving over 90%...

This $548,168 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to develop and translate robotic manipulator technology for enhanced supply chain efficiency and dexterous material handling. The principal investigator's team at Columbia University will build on their previous work in deep reinforcement learning for complex robotic manipulation tasks, focusing on extrinsic manipulation strategies that can enable...

This National Science Foundation Division of Industrial Innovation Project Grant awarded $256,000 to Grain Weevil Corporation of Aurora, Nebraska to develop a remote-controlled grain management and extraction robot. The 11-month project, which runs from March 2022 through December 2022, seeks to demonstrate the technical feasibility of a mobile robot for improving farmer safety and grain storage efficiencies. Key deliverables include classifying grain surface variables that impact robotic...

PKS Consulting Inc. received a $125,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop a mobile recycling system for plastic ocean waste in Alaska. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program aims to stimulate technological innovation through federal research funding. Under this SBIR award, PKS Consulting will design a modular plastic recycling unit to convert polyethelyne terephthalate (PET) plastic retrieved from ocean...

This is a Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The $650,000 grant was awarded to Bird's Eye Robotics, Inc., a for-profit organization, to develop the "Caretaker Robot" - a fully autonomous robotic solution to reduce labor costs and improve bird welfare and performance in large-scale commercial broiler...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,955 to Refibered Inc. is focused on developing an artificial intelligence-based material detection system to accurately identify key materials and contaminants in textile waste. The goal is to enable more effective textile recycling by providing recyclers with well-sorted feedstock. The proposed approach involves using hyperspectral cameras and machine...