This $50,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program will support research by Clemson University to advance the control and optimization of lower-limb exoskeletons. The goal is to develop a customization framework that can rapidly adapt the exoskeleton assistance to different locomotor tasks and users' volitional motion, reducing the time and cost required for gait rehabilitation. The research will...
This two-year, $299,926 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at Clemson University to identify principles of human motor skill learning when using multi-joint arm exoskeletons. The goal is to discover fundamental principles that will guide the design of adaptable exoskeleton control algorithms and personalized training protocols. Researchers will introduce exoskeletons to users with varying baseline skill levels performing complex tasks. A comprehensive set of neuromotor...
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...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER: LEVERAGING HUMAN NEUROMOTOR LEARNING TO ENHANCE ROBOTIC EXOSKELETON PERFORMANCE award provides $650,866 in funding to the University of Massachusetts Amherst over the period of June 15, 2025 to May 31, 2030. The project, funded under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), aims to advance the fundamental understanding of how people learn to walk more efficiently with wearable robotic exoskeletons. The research seeks to develop new metrics to...
This three-year $180,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to understand the underlying risks and sociotechnical challenges of powered wearable exoskeletons for construction workers. The university will conduct three thrusts of research. The first will identify barriers and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $223,352 Project Grant to the University of Cincinnati to investigate the relationship between an intelligent trunk exoskeleton and its wearer as a basis for improved assistance and rehabilitation. Funded under the Engineering (47.041) program, this award will support research examining how an exoskeleton can enhance trunk function and mobility to potentially assist individuals with disabilities...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $649,990 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Alabama for the development of bio-inspired tensegrity-based assistive and rehabilitation exosuits. This project aims to create exosuits that work in tandem with human biomechanics to augment, assist, and rehabilitate movements, with the goal of reducing musculoskeletal pain, injuries, and effort for the 25% of the U.S....
San Jose State University Research Foundation was awarded a $199,946 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to develop autonomous personalized control strategies for lower limb exoskeletons. Under the NSF's Engineering grant program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to advance engineering research and education, the Foundation will design and implement impedance regulation and trajectory shaping methods to enhance...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $25,000.00, with a start date of Sep 15, 2023 and an end date of Aug 31, 2027, supports research towards developing a task-agnostic and device-agnostic ankle exoskeleton control system to enhance human mobility. The project aims to revolutionize lower limb exoskeletons by leveraging advancements in wearable sensing and machine learning to enable exoskeletons to assist with a wide range of daily living tasks, rather than being limited...