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The principal investigators (PIs) and co-PIs for these projects represent three of the Institute\u2019s six colleges, illustrating the interdisciplinary collaboration that distinguishes Tech as a leader in the national initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech faculty have a strong tradition of exceptional research and a robust interdisciplinary focus,\u201d said Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of Robotics and director of the Robotics \u0026amp; Intelligent Machines Center (RIM), the flagship for the Institute\u2019s robotics efforts. \u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of and continually impressed with the contributions our researchers make to advancing robotics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree projects received NSF funding through the National Robotics Initiative program, which was unveiled by President Obama in June 2011, and is led by NSF with support from NASA, the National Institutes of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture. Tech\u2019s new projects focus on the development of the next generation of robotics and the advancement of the capability and usability of such systems in innovative application areas:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cLearning from Demonstration for Cloud Robotics\u201d\u2014Led by School of Interactive Computing Associate Professor Andrea Thomaz, this project received $426K and aims to leverage cloud computing to enable robots to efficiently learn from remote human domain experts.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cUnderstanding Neuromuscular Adaptations in Human-Robot Physical Interaction for Adaptive Robot Coworkers\u201d\u2014Led by School of Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Jun Ueda, this research focuses on developing theories, methods, and tools to understand the mechanisms of neuromotor adaptation in human-robot physical interaction. Associate Professor Minoru Shinohara (School of Applied Physiology) and Assistant Professor Karen Feigh (School of Aerospace Engineering) serve as co-PIs on the project, which received almost $1.2M.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u201cDon\u0027t Read My Face: Tackling the Challenges of Facial Masking in Parkinson\u0027s Disease Rehabilitation through Co-Robot Mediators\u201d\u2014Led by College of Computing Associate Dean \u0026amp; Regents\u0027 Professor, Ronald Arkin, this project received almost $580K and has two primary goals: 1) developing a robotic architecture endowed with moral emotional control mechanisms, abstract moral reasoning, and theory of mind sensitive to human affect and ethics; and 2) creating a specific architecture for a robot to mediate communication barriers between caregivers and patients with Parkinson\u0027s disease who experience \u201cfacial masking,\u201d or lack of recognizable emotion.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe fourth project, \u201cBioinspired Collaborative Sensing with Novel Gliding Robotic Fish,\u201d received more than $83K from the NSF\u2019s Robust Intelligence (RI) program, which encompasses all aspects of the computational understanding and modeling of intelligence in complex, realistic contexts. Led by School of Electrical \u0026amp; Computer Engineering Associate Professor Fumin Zhang, the research aims to establish a theoretical framework and provide an enabling technology for robust underwater collaborative sensing with small, inexpensive robots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERobotics research at Tech attracts more than $35 million in sponsored research each year. Core research areas include mechanisms, control, perception, artificial intelligence, human interaction, and application technologies. The Institute continues to advance personal and everyday robotics through its research into the ways robots can learn from and interact with humans, and by exploring issues surrounding their governance and ethical use.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis research is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Awards IIS-1317926, IIS-1317718, IIS-1317214, and IIS-1319874. Any conclusions or opinions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NSF.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded funding for four robotics projects with applications in various innovative areas.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2013-09-11 17:03:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:53","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"236701":{"id":"236701","type":"image","title":"Robotics @ Tech","body":null,"created":"1449243659","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:59","changed":"1475894911","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:31","alt":"Robotics @ 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