The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Montclair State University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support fundamental research to develop an emotion-based robotic behavior optimization system that can enable comfortable and friendly human-robot collaboration in manufacturing settings. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include:...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to Montclair State University supports research to advance multi-human, multi-robot collaborative manufacturing systems in emerging Industry 5.0 contexts. The $500,000 grant, spanning 5 years from September 2024 to August 2029, aims to develop a synergistic computational framework for characterizing, modeling, and assessing human factors and task scheduling to improve both manufacturing efficiency...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the development of a conceptual framework and physical testbed to advance human-robot collaboration across distributed manufacturing environments. Specifically, the Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University will generate knowledge around how to optimize mixed teams of on-site human and robot workers...
The National Science Foundation awarded Montclair State University a $173,490 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support research from July 2021 to June 2023 on developing a bi-trust framework to improve collaboration between humans and robots. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance computing and informatics research and education. This award will further those goals by exploring how...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Directorate awarded a $199,683 Project Grant to Middle Tennessee State University to investigate effective engineering educational methods for preparing future robotics engineers. The grant, funded under the NSF Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, aims to leverage industry partner needs to formulate requirements for robotics engineers and develop immersive learning environments emphasizing human-robot interactions. The research will use embodied...
Montclair State University was awarded a $199,934 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support collaborative research leveraging fluid-structure interactions for efficient control in geophysical flows from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The NSF Directorate for Engineering seeks to improve quality of life and economic strength through...
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...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $223,843 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University located in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The award, which runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, is under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop data-driven methodologies for integrative monitoring and operation of multistage manufacturing systems. The key products and services to be delivered include:...
This $522,592 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to create a data-driven autonomy framework that enables everyday workers to safely and effectively teach robots. The research will advance the state-of-the-art in dynamical systems and control through three interconnected thrusts: 1) developing a novel framework for data-driven control of complex, hard-to-model systems; 2) introducing methods for teaching robots through...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $354,392 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of California for collaborative research on learning and distributional feedback control for fabrication of advanced materials. The three-year award running from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 is funded through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to improve innovation, creativity and excellence in engineering research and education....