Project Grant 2611346
- This $150,000 National Science Foundation project grant through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at Georgia Tech Research Corporation from September 2022 through August 2023 to develop socially intelligent construction robots. The interdisciplinary team will explore robot motion planners and behaviors to understand and follow workplace social norms to enhance safety when collaborating with human workers. Specifically, the researchers will study work contexts essential for...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp $662,045 on August 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to study the mechanics of interlocking granular materials assembled into soft, deformable materials and shape-shifting structures. The research will develop computational models for design and analysis of these materials, which consist of hard, interlocking elements that differ from traditional...
- 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 Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Iowa State University of Science and Technology $312,413 on January 1, 2027, to conduct fundamental research on safety and security in human-robot interactions under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award funds research to understand and defend against adversarial physical interactions between humans and robots, addressing the gap in current human-robot interaction safety research, which...
- 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 Georgia Tech Research Corporation received a $691,375 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research and development of defensive countermeasures against affine transformation-based false data injection attacks targeting networked robotic systems. The primary...
- This federal Project Grant award, valued at $243,640.00 and provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research to develop new understanding and control strategies for how robots can influence human behavior over long-term interactions. The key focus is on addressing the challenge that as humans adapt to robots, the robots' ability to influence the humans may diminish over time. The research aims to create models of human cognition and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded the University of Washington $187,587 on January 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support fundamental research on human-inspired cyber-physical security in human-robot interactions. The research develops models of human decision-making in adversarial contexts, methods for identifying robot vulnerabilities to physical attack, and control strategies that allow robots to resist...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $650,000 CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant to the University of Pennsylvania, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This project grant funds research and development of constraint-aware algorithms and control methods that enable robots to safely and effectively collaborate with humans in dynamic,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $574,930 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030. The award funds the development of an integrated robot learning and planning system that enables service robots to rapidly acquire and adapt new...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Georgia TECH Research Corp $700,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on safe physical human-humanoid robot collaboration in transport tasks. The research addresses enabling humanoid robots to coordinate physical effort, communicate intent, and navigate safely alongside human partners in shared environments while moving large, heavy, or awkward objects. The project will develop an integrated planning and learning framework combining wearable motion sensing, hand and foot force sensing, and pass-through mixed reality interfaces to estimate human posture, effort, intent, fatigue, situational awareness, and cognitive workload during collaborative transport in realistic settings. The work targets applications across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, disaster response, construction, and daily living tasks where current robots remain limited by rigid preprogrammed behavior and inadequate understanding of human partners' physical state and needs. The award spans three years through August 31, 2029, with performance taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. The project supports education and workforce development in robotics, wearable sensing, human factors, and machine learning, and includes outreach connecting robotics with human behavior and safety. Georgia TECH Research Corp serves as the primary research entity and grantee, administering the award through its Office of Sponsored Programs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $700.0k | 8/13/26 |