Project Grant 2500474
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $166,500.00 Project Grant to Purdue University on August 1, 2025 to support the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A MULTI-LEVEL CONTROL ARCHITECTURE OF AGILE ROBOTIC PROSTHESES FOR REAL-WORLD MOBILITY OVER CHALLENGING AND UNEVEN TERRAINS" research project. The goal is to advance control strategies for powered ankle-foot prostheses to enable individuals with lower limb amputation to better navigate real-world...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $167,000.00 to the University of Delaware to develop a novel, multi-level control architecture for powered robotic prosthetic limbs. The research aims to enhance the stability and agility of prosthetic limbs when navigating challenging real-world environments, such as transitions between different terrains. By understanding how humans adapt...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,000 supports research at Arizona State University from September 2022 to August 2026 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The university will develop a human-centered computing and control framework to improve walking performance and prosthesis embodiment for individuals with lower limb amputations. Researchers will formulate a coordinated human-robot control problem and design a learning-based...
- 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...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $315,578 Project Grant to The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) from January 2023 through December 2025. The grant funds collaborative research to develop an ankle-foot prosthesis incorporating a bioinspired, high-energy recycling mechanism to improve walking function for persons with lower limb amputations. Specifically, researchers will design and test a semi-active prosthetic...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, with an award amount of $550,000, provides funding for a research project titled "FRR: A NEW STRATEGY FOR TASK-AGNOSTIC CONTROL OF ROBOTIC EXOSKELETONS BY ESTIMATING UNDERLYING BIOLOGICAL EFFORT USING DEEP LEARNING." The project aims to advance exoskeleton technology by developing AI-based approaches to enable generalization of exoskeleton control across...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Engineering (ENG) awarded a $249,697 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to develop a novel prosthetic robot for individuals with lower limb amputation. The key objectives of this 4-year project are to: Develop a wearable motion capture system using inertial measurement units (IMUs) to reconstruct and predict human gait during daily life activities outside of...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the University of Alabama a $549,546 Project Grant under the Partnerships for Innovation - Research Partnerships (PFI-RP) program (CFDA 47.084). The 3-year project (08/01/2023 - 07/31/2026) aims to develop an affordable, powered lower-limb prosthetic device that provides versatile multi-modal operation to significantly improve mobility and quality of life for amputees. Key innovations include a novel common-core-components knee-ankle prosthesis...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) is funding a collaborative research effort between the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Delaware to investigate the potential benefits of customized and biomimetic ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs) for restoring gait mechanics. The $207,611 award, which runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028, aims to develop an AFO model with more complex properties that better mimic normal...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $798,706 supports research at Florida State University (FSU) aimed at enhancing the understanding of human motor learning to improve health outcomes. The project focuses on developing movement-assistive robotic technologies, such as lower-limb exoskeletons, to aid in human motor learning and rehabilitation, especially for complex whole-body tasks like walking. The research seeks to explore how humans learn...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) provides $166,492 in funding to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop a novel, multi-level control architecture for powered prosthetic limbs. The research aims to enhance the independence, safety, and quality of life for individuals with lower limb amputations by improving the ability of robotic ankle-foot prostheses to navigate challenging and uneven terrains. The project will investigate human sensorimotor mechanisms for walking on varied surfaces and use these insights to design proactive and reactive control strategies for prosthetic limbs. The resulting technology will be tested with individuals who rely on powered prostheses to assess its real-world performance. This work contributes to the national interest by advancing assistive technologies and promoting STEM education through student research experiences. The project period runs from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $166.5k | 8/26/25 |