Project Grant DEAR0001667

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) provides $304,952 to Sol Robotics, Inc. to develop a novel robotic arm architecture featuring proprietary linear actuation technology. The aim is to create a cost-effective, high-performance robotic arm solution capable of enhanced reach and payload capacity to enable automation of demanding tasks in industries such as agriculture, construction, and warehousing. Key research...

Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to further develop collaborative algorithms for autonomous swarming of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). The company's Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel technology provides a family of portable, foldable and energy-efficient USVs that can rapidly deploy and map predefined survey areas without existing infrastructure....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $275,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project grant to Crabline Robotics LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop a dexterous, crab-like aquatic robot platform for underwater construction and decommissioning of structures. The project seeks to create a new class of aquatic robotics capable of stabilizing around a target and precisely delivering tools, such as exothermic cutting rods, to underwater structures. This...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support research to create a new class of 3D-printable soft robots with integrated fluidic logic and flexible electronics. The goal is to develop robots that can tolerate high levels of structural deformation while still maintaining sophisticated functionality. The $444,083 award to Trustees of Tufts College will enable the creation of robots that can crawl, jump, swim, and navigate confined...

This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $200,000.00 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop YIP SOFT-ACTUATED FLAPPING-WING ROBOTS FOR LOCOMOTION IN AMPHIBIOUS ENVIRONMENTS. The award duration is from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2028. The Basic and Applied Scientific Research program supports fundamental and applied research across a range of scientific and...

This Project Grant award, valued at $146,239.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop a proof-of-concept "mothership-and-passenger" system for autonomous underwater exploration under ice shelves. The project aims to innovate in three main areas: 1) passenger robot design, 2) acoustic communication protocols and hardware, and 3) mothership-and-passenger coordination algorithms. The goal is to create a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,000,000.00 to Apricity Robotics Inc. to develop a tele-directed, artificially intelligent sonography robot system. The project aims to increase throughput, reduce workplace injuries, and improve access to echocardiogram diagnostic imaging by creating a robotic system capable of autonomously performing complete echocardiogram...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of Arkansas to develop servomotor actuators using advances in metallic additive manufacturing under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant supports the development of electric motors and position control actuators with over 40% increased torque and power density compared to existing technologies. By integrating sensor and electronic control functions into a single modular...

The Tampa Deep Sea Xplorers LLC (TDSX) will develop a compact underwater light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system for integration into small remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) under a $128,918 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Phase I SBIR project will prove the feasibility of reducing the size and weight of a LIDAR system for internal installation in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project under CFDA 47.041 Engineering aims to advance the field of magnetic soft robotics by demonstrating a proof-of-concept mechanism for independently actuating multiple small-scale soft robots using a single external magnetic field. The $171,015 award to Texas Tech University System, awarded on June 15, 2025, will fund the design, fabrication, and evaluation of a novel modular magnetic actuation...