Project Grant 2534985
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $908,250 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), effective August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This award funds research to develop and test game theory-based control algorithms for lower-limb robotic exoskeletons that enable adaptive human-robot collaboration. The...
- Summary of Federal Project Grant Award The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $652,065 to the University of Washington on June 15, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant focused on data-driven safety modeling for autonomous systems operating in human environments. The award funds research, education, and outreach initiatives extending through May 31,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Washington State University received a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative develops parametric control barrier functions (CBFs)—computationally lightweight control algorithms designed to ensure safe and reliable operation of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $300,000 Project Grant (CFDA 47.041, Engineering program) to the University of California, Berkeley, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This research initiative focuses on developing millimeter-scale flying robots powered and controlled remotely through single-axis alternating magnetic fields, eliminating the need for physical connections to...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded June 1, 2025, with completion targeted for December 31, 2026. The award supports the organization and execution of two workshops focused on the Research Alliance on the Resilience of Complex Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Systems (R-CPIS) in the era of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp a collaborative research project grant totaling $297,881 on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research delivers advanced theory and computational algorithms for controlling distributions in large-scale dynamical systems, addressing critical gaps in precision...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $343,661 to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a chemotaxis-driven neuromorphic amoeboid hydrogel microrobot (Gel-Bot) over the three-year period from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The project will produce a sub-millimeter scale soft robot constructed from composite hydrogel materials with...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $508,560 Project Grant awarded September 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This three-year initiative (completion date August 31, 2028) will develop self-propelling robots equipped with sensing capabilities to monitor and collect data from bulk granular materials processing systems in...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $459,300 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering program) on October 1, 2025, for a four-year project concluding June 30, 2029. This award funds the development of integrated cyber-physical resilience methodologies for continuous critical manufacturing systems utilizing Industrial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California, San Diego received a $519,563 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This grant funds the development of distributed and constrained optimal transport algorithms and mathematical tools designed to enable large-scale, heterogeneous multi-agent...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $450,064 to the University of Washington under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) on June 15, 2026, for a project period extending through May 31, 2029. This project grant funds the development of a mathematical framework and decentralized control strategies enabling teams of robots to efficiently explore and inspect confined spaces, such as aircraft wings and ship compartments. The primary technical contribution centers on designing time-discounted ergodic controllers on spatially discretized region graphs, along with decentralized methods for estimating and updating time-varying target distributions over graphs using shareable information metrics without requiring continuous transmission between units. The research addresses critical gaps in robotic exploration technology for topologically constrained environments where conventional continuous-space methods prove ineffective. By advancing multi-robot coordination capabilities in confined spaces, the project supports U.S. competitiveness in aerospace and ship manufacturing sectors while enhancing worker safety and reducing infrastructure maintenance costs. The award also incorporates workforce development components providing specialized research training and education to undergraduate and graduate students in decentralized control of networked systems and multi-robot coordination. Research performance will occur at the University of Washington's Seattle campus through the Office of Sponsored Programs.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $450.1k | 4/30/26 |