Project Grant N629091912106

This $551,343 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the development of inclusive robotics and artificial intelligence technologies to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the construction industry. The University of Texas at San Antonio will lead an interdisciplinary team to: 1) Develop an adaptive robot teleoperation interface considering gender diversity and experience levels to augment worker performance; 2) Design a...

This $499,987 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports the design and development of a social robot to promote equity in collaborative engineering student teams. The research team from Tufts University will first observe human engineering design teams to build data-driven models to detect inequities, such as unequal participation or idea sharing. They will then develop a machine...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $350,000 to Oregon State University (OSU) to continue operating its successful "Robots in the Real World" Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. Through this 3-year project, undergraduate students will contribute to a range of active robotics research projects at OSU, focusing on areas such as human-robot teaming, robot-assisted older adult care, and advanced...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $169,252 Project Grant to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to organize and execute the 2024 National Robotics Initiative (NRI)/Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting. The meeting will convene investigators of active NSF FRR and NRI program awards for the ninth time since these programs began in 2011 and 2020 respectively. Taking place April 28-30, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland, the meeting will...

This $121,714 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Emerging Frontiers and Multidisciplinary Activities will fund the development of a research agenda for the integration of robotic assistants into nursing workflows. Awarded to William Marsh Rice University on September 1, 2022 and set to be completed by August 31, 2023, this grant is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). Over the one-year period of performance, Rice University will convene workshops and...

The National Science Foundation's Engineering (ENG) program awarded a $828,003 Project Grant to William Marsh Rice University to design, develop, and evaluate the impacts of Robotic Intelligent Teaching Assistant Systems (RITAS) on nurse workforce training. The project aims to assist nursing instructors in training routine nursing procedures by automating assessment, reporting, and delivering instructor-guided tutoring to trainees. Through a symbiosis of virtual and embodied intelligent...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) Project Grant award of $249,998 provides funding to the University of Chicago to design a social robot that can promote equity in collaborative engineering teams. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1) developing data-driven models to detect inequities in team interactions, 2) building a machine learning model to determine when the robot...

This $435,271 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will enable 18 U.S. STEM students from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) to participate in an 8-week international research experience at University West in Sweden. The research, mentored by faculty teams from both institutions, will focus on advancing fundamental scientific understanding of AI-enhanced automation, control, and management for...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $100,000 to the University of Texas at El Paso to organize an Inclusion Alliance Community Workshop. The workshop aims to bring together representatives from the first three cohorts of NSF Inclusion Alliances to leverage collective knowledge on broadening participation in STEM. Over two days, virtually, the workshop will facilitate discussion of lessons learned and specific activities to...

This $276,056 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research at the Georgia Tech Research Corporation aimed at enabling service robots to rapidly and continuously adapt to new situations. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a new robot learning system that allows robots to learn new skills through a combination of intelligent planning guidance and...