Dr. Simmons received an NSF award to conduct research on interactive robot assistant

Dr. Simmons received an NSF award to conduct research on “Partnering workers with interactive robot assistant to usher transformation in future construction work.” We are excited to collaborate on this $2 million research project led by researchers at the University of Michigan to equip construction workers with new skills.

Check out more information via the following links:

The NSF project summary page for SRL’s portion of the award.
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2128415&HistoricalAwards=false

‘Robot assistants’ may help reinvent construction industry: https://record.umich.edu/articles/robot-assistants-may-help-reinvent-construction-industry/