Project Grant 2329795
- 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...
- This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports fundamental research at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to develop new robotic manipulation capabilities for safely and reliably handling fragile objects. The research aims to establish an understanding of the synergy between vision and touch sensing, and to create a control method based on object properties that can optimize robotic manipulation for a variety...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $549,995 supports research and education activities at the University of Texas at Austin from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2027. The award is funded through the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to enable intelligent robot manipulation in real-world tasks. Specifically, the award will advance the development of new algorithms and tools for intelligent robot manipulation outside controlled research...
- This $50,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) to develop a novel approach for robotic dexterous manipulation that leverages the powerful new object representation of neural radiance fields (NeRFs). The primary objective is to create an algorithmic pipeline that can go from camera pixels to grasp to manipulation trajectory, enabling complex manipulation skills such as...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $299,923 awarded on September 15, 2022 will fund the development of an open-source ecosystem for robot manipulation research through August 31, 2023. The award falls under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) which aims to advance science and technology innovation. The University of Massachusetts Lowell will establish an open-source ecosystem covering physical, digital, instructional and functional assets to...
- This Project Grant award of $489,214 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Oregon State University to develop techniques to help robots recover from grasping failures in various settings, including homes and underwater environments. The goal is to improve the grasping success rate and reduce the number of attempts required, benefiting multiple sectors of the U.S. economy, from fisheries to household consumer goods. Key focus areas...
- This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund the development of advanced, vision-based tactile gel-robots capable of perceiving and manipulating soft, fragile objects. The $312,960 award will integrate fatigue-resistant photoelastic gels, stress-interpreting photometry systems, and physics-informed machine learning to enable multi-physical perception and ultra-gentle handling capabilities. This research will advance robotics in...
- This $349,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Rice University to develop new robotics capabilities under uncertainty. The NSF Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation is funding this three-year award through its Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Specifically, the researchers will establish generic frameworks for robot manipulation systems to self-identify using exploratory motions while maintaining stability. By changing the traditional...
- This $454,020 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support collaborative research at the University of Michigan to develop soft materials with embedded sensors, circuits, and actuators enabling a new class of intelligent soft robots. The goal is to create a soft robotic manipulator that can autonomously recognize and sort objects by their physical characteristics using only these advanced material components, without requiring...
- This $100,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant funds the development of an optimized warehouse robot control device by the New Jersey Institute of Technology from June 2022 to May 2023. The proposed technology is a hardware and software-integrated firmware device to optimize order picking preferences for hybrid and fully automated warehouse management. The innovation focuses on reducing waste and improving efficiency or productivity in warehouses...
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 robotic hands to be mounted on commercial robot arms. The project will incorporate vision sensors to enable multimodal, visuotactile control policies for dexterous robotic package re-orientation and sortation system automation, a critical application in supply chain distribution centers. This research is expected to improve scientific understanding of motor control and learning while having a direct commercial impact by addressing a key challenge in the material handling industry. The award is effective from September 15, 2023 through August 31, 2025.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $548.2k | 9/14/23 |