National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0)
CONTACTSName | Phone | Room | |
Reid Simmons | resimmon@nsf.gov | (703) 292-4767 | |
Radhakishan Baheti | rbaheti@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8339 | |
Jordan M. Berg | jberg@nsf.gov | (703) 292-5365 | |
Ephraim P. Glinert | eglinert@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8930 | |
David L. Haury | dhaury@nsf.gov | (703) 292-5102 | |
Tatiana Korelsky | tkorelsk@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8930 | |
Bruce Kramer | bkramer@nsf.gov | (703) 292-5348 | |
Frederick M. Kronz | fkronz@nsf.gov | (703) 292-7283 | |
Wendy Nilsen | wnilsen@nsf.gov | (703) 292-2568 | |
Jack Snoeyink | jsnoeyin@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8910 | |
Ralph Wachter | rwachter@nsf.gov | (703) 292-8950 | |
Jie Yang | jyang@nsf.gov | (703) 292-4768 | |
Seta Bogosyan | sbogosya@nsf.gov | (703) 292-4766 | |
United States Department of Agriculture Daniel Schmoldt, Ph.D. Dr. Steven Thomson Department of Defense Dr. David Han Electronic mail: david.k.han@navy.mil Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management Rodrigo V. Rimando, Jr. Electronic mail: rodrigo.rimando@em.doe.gov |
PROGRAM GUIDELINES
Solicitation
17-518
Important Information for Proposers
A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 16-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 25, 2016. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 16-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.
DUE DATES
Full Proposal Deadline Date
February 2, 2017
SYNOPSIS
The goal of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI) is to support fundamental research that will accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States that work beside or cooperatively with people. The original NRI program focused on innovative robotics research that emphasized the realization of collaborative robots (co-robots) working in symbiotic relationships with human partners. The NRI-2.0 program significantly extends this theme to focus on issues of scalability: how teams of multiple robots and multiple humans can interact and collaborate effectively; how robots can be designed to facilitate achievement of a variety of tasks in a variety of environments, with minimal modification to the hardware and software; how robots can learn to perform more effectively and efficiently, using large pools of information from the cloud, other robots, and other people; and how the design of the robots’ hardware and software can facilitate large-scale, reliable operation. In addition, the program supports innovative approaches to establish and infuse robotics into educational curricula, advance the robotics workforce through education pathways, and explore the social, behavioral, and economic 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. Well-justified international collaborations that add significant value to the proposed research and education activities will also be considered.
The NRI-2.0 program is supported by multiple agencies of the federal government including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Questions concerning a particular project's focus, direction and relevance to a participating funding organization should be addressed to that agency’s point of contact listed in section VIII of this solicitation.
RELATED URLS
NSF Announcement of 2013 NRI Awards
NIH Announcement of 2013 NRI Awards
USDA Announcement of 2013 NRI Awards
NSF Announcement of 2012 NRI Awards
NIH Announcement of 2012 NRI Awards
NASA Announcement of 2012 NRI Awards
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog Post on 2012 NRI Award Announcement
NRI webinar for Solicitation NSF 11-553 (Sept 13, 2011)
REVISIONS AND UPDATES
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What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)