FUNDING-NSF
- National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (18-518);
February 20, 2018
Agency
National
Science Foundation
Description
The
NRI-2.0 program supports four main research thrusts that are envisioned to
advance the goal of ubiquitous co-robots: scalability, customizability,
lowering barriers to entry, and societal impact. Topics addressing scalability
include how robots can collaborate effectively with multiple humans or other
robots; how robots can perceive, plan, act, and learn in uncertain, real-world
environments, especially in a distributed fashion; and how to facilitate
large-scale, safe, robust and reliable operation of robots in complex
environments. Customizability includes how to enable co-robots to adapt to
specific tasks, environments, or people, with minimal modification to hardware
and software; how robots can personalize their interactions with people; and
how robots can communicate naturally with humans, both verbally and
non-verbally. Topics in lowering barriers to entry include development of
open-source co-robot hardware and software, as well as widely-accessible
testbeds. Topics in societal impact include fundamental research to establish
and infuse robotics into educational curricula, advance the robotics workforce
through education pathways, and explore the social, economic, ethical, and
legal implications of our future with ubiquitous collaborative
robots.
Collaboration
between academic, industry, non-profit, and other organizations is encouraged
to establish better linkages between fundamental science and engineering and
technology development, deployment, and use.
Announcement
Number:
18-518
Closing
Date:
February
20, 2018
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2018/nsf18518/nsf18518.htm
Contact
Information
Reid
Simmons
(703)
292-4767