This $200,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (CFDA 93.433) to Carnegie Mellon University aims to increase the accessibility of delivery robots. The project will focus on (a) technical advances in robot physical design, behaviors, and delivery methods, and (b) enabling delivery robots to share data to support independent mobility. Expected outputs include new physical design features, robot behavior software components, data sharing recommendations, and research dissemination. This work will be developed with input from disability and industry stakeholders to steer delivery robots towards benefiting people with disabilities. The project will run from September 2024 to August 2027.
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