National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots

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National Robotics Initiative 2.0: Ubiquitous Collaborative Robots (NRI-2.0)

CONTACTS

Name	Email	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. National Institute of Food and Agriculture Waterfront Centre, Ste. 3328 800 9^th Street SW Washington DC 20024 Electronic mail: dschmoldt@nifa.usda.gov Telephone: 202-720-4807 Dr. Steven Thomson National Institute of Food and Agriculture Electronic mail: steven.j.thomson@nifa.usda.gov Telephone: 202-401-6301 Department of Defense Dr. David Han Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Basic Research Office 875 N. Randolph Street, ONR, Room 1020 Arlington, VA 22203 Electronic mail: david.k.han@navy.mil Telephone: (703) 696-4299 Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management Rodrigo V. Rimando, Jr. U.S. Department of Energy, Headquarters 1000 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20585 Electronic mail: rodrigo.rimando@em.doe.gov Telephone: (240) 676-6470

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.

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