Purdue University was awarded a $746,412 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings to develop co-robots to enhance motivation and self-efficacy in formal STEM education. The grant falls under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Purdue University will use the January 1, 2022-December 31, 2024 funding to research how co-robots can be designed and implemented to improve K-12 student motivation and beliefs in their STEM abilities when partnering with the robots on learning tasks. The grant aims to advance the development of educational technologies that can accelerate discovery and innovation in STEM fields.