Project Grant 2128415
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $699,570 Project Grant under its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research. The purpose of this 3-year award, effective October 1, 2023, is to develop a "Human-in-the-Lead Construction Robotics" (HILCR) system that integrates industrial robotic arms to support craft workers in industrialized construction tasks. The research aims to transform robotics-based automation in...
- This $126,338 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Florida on March 1, 2025. The grant will fund the development of a novel interface for remote operation of undersea robots, integrating robot sensor readings and predictive simulations to create an immersive mixed reality (MR) display. The interface will translate operator's movements and tactile sensations into robot control, enabling "human-robot...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities awarded Washington State University a $210,000 Project Grant under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funding will support collaborative research to partner construction workers with interactive robot assistants, with the goal of transforming future construction work. Specifically, the university will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida's Division of Sponsored Research received a $281,589 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This research initiative focuses on developing model-agnostic strategies to align artificial intelligence (AI) systems with real-world operational goals in predictive...
- This $499,889 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to develop a real-time digital twin of dynamic construction sites using multi-robot systems equipped with 5G radios and advanced perception capabilities. The key objectives are to (a) enhance worker safety by identifying potential hazards and (b) improve construction efficiency by monitoring and optimizing resource utilization. The research will leverage techniques...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Florida State University received $798,706 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) for the project "Modeling Human Motor Learning, Perception, and Skill Acquisition for Movement-Assistive Robotic Technologies," awarded June 1, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2028. The project delivers foundational research and computational tools aimed at understanding how humans learn complex balance and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) project grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FW-HTF-RM: HUMAN-IN-THE-LEAD CONSTRUCTION ROBOTICS: FUTURE-PROOFING FRAMING CRAFT WORKERS IN INDUSTRIALIZED CONSTRUCTION", was awarded to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) for $263,595 with a period of performance from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The goal of this research is to establish the technical and social foundations that promote...
- The University of South Florida was awarded a $425k project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The grant will support collaborative research on occupational exoskeletons and the human-technology partnership to achieve scale and integration of exoskeleton technologies into the future of work. As...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida received a $662,253 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. This project grant funds the development of soft-bodied robotic underwater vehicles that utilize embodied intelligence—specifically physical reservoir computing—to...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), provides $100,000 in funding to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for collaborative research on exoskeleton-assisted worker performance augmentation in construction. Specifically, the university will conduct investigator-initiated research from October 1, 2021 to September 30,...
The University of Florida was awarded a $210,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities to conduct collaborative research titled "Partnering Workers with Interactive Robot Assistants to Usher Transformation in Future Construction Work." The two-year research project, running from January 2022 through December 2024, will contribute to the goals of the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to promote basic research in these fields and monitor science funding resources. Specifically, the University of Florida researchers will partner construction workers with interactive robot assistants to transform future construction work through collaborative research on how workers and robots can most effectively work together. The place of performance for the research is in Gainesville, Florida.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $210.0k | 8/25/21 |