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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 Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Robonation Inc. under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach and Workforce Program (CFDA 12.330). The grant will support Robonation Inc.'s delivery of the 25th Anniversary Robosub Competition from October 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023. The STEM Education, Outreach and Workforce Program aims to support educational programs in STEM fields. The...

This $196,007 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of an innovative underwater robot testing facility at the Kilo Nalu Natural Coastal Marine Observatory off the coast of O'ahu, Hawaii. The award to the University of Hawaii at Manoa will fund the acquisition of acoustic modems, an acoustic localization system, and an autonomous underwater vehicle to create a mobile robot testing and training platform. Integrated with...

Berkeley Marine Robotics Inc. received a $256,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on August 15, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2022. The grant was awarded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to support field demonstration of ship hull inspection with a fleet of unmanned underwater vehicles. Specifically, the company will utilize a group of autonomous underwater robots to conduct hull inspections of vessels and...

The University of Rhode Island will receive $433,386 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation to advance fundamental research in robotics for complex underwater environments. Specifically, the university will design, fabricate, and test a highly maneuverable underwater robot capable of tight maneuvers like turning in place, hovering, and vertical descent. Researchers will also develop a novel adaptive...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $256,000 awarded on March 15, 2022 will fund Ladon Robotics LLC to develop autonomous, ocean-going cargo vessels powered by wind and solar energy under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The small business aims to integrate existing robotic and energy capture technologies with new wind/solar energy optimization software and autonomous contingency management systems. This has the potential to lower operating...

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...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $699,192 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Armada Marine Robotics Inc., a veteran-owned small business located in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The purpose of this Phase I SBIR award is to study the feasibility of Armada's operations strategy for a new class of uncrewed underwater sensing platforms with enhanced mobility and persistent ocean monitoring capabilities....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,949,940 Project Grant to Jaia Robotics Inc. under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021). The grant funding will support the design, development, and production of five prototype "JaiaBots" - air-deployable, autonomous hybrid surface/underwater vehicles capable of collecting comprehensive atmospheric and oceanic data. The JaiaBots will be designed to gather real-time wind speed,...

The U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research awarded a $540,483.73 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on October 1, 2024. The grant aims to develop and demonstrate a novel "HARMONIC: HUMAN-AI ROBOTIC TEAM MEMBER OPERATING WITH NATURAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION" system. The project will explore the utility of an advanced cognitive robotic system, its collaborative capabilities with...