BPC-AE: Collaborative Research: The ARTSI Alliance: Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact

汉普顿大学与卡内基-梅隆大学、佛罗里达农业与机械大学、哥伦比亚特区大学、诺福克州立大学、温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学、摩根州立大学、杰克逊州立大学、伊丽莎白城市州立大学、杜克大学、阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校和密歇根大学合作，提出了ARTSI联盟（推进机器人技术对社会的影响）。ARTSI是一个由传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）和主要研究型大学（R1s）组成的联盟，共同致力于提高非裔美国人对计算机科学的参与，重点是机器人技术。该扩展提案将ARTSI扩展到17所历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）以及大约10所主要研究型大学（R1s）。汉普顿大学是新的领导机构；卡耐基梅隆大学仍然是排名第一的大学。该扩展引入了三项新举措：(1)通过开发专门针对hbcu需求的机器人课程模块来提高机器人教学的质量和统一性；(2)试点一个项目，通过在当地高中提供机器人编程活动，吸引STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）学生到hbcu学习；(3)试点一个技能培养项目，为即将升学的大二学生做好参与机器人研究的准备。该扩展还包括与加勒比卓越计算中心（波多黎各和美属维尔京群岛的BPC联盟）和国防高级研究计划局的新合作。

Hampton University, in collaboration with Carnegie-Mellon University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, the University of the District of Columbia, Norfolk State University, Winston-Salem State University, Morgan State University, Jackson State University, Elizabeth City State University, Duke University, the University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, and the University of Michigan, proposes the ARTSI Alliance (Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact). ARTSI is a consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and major research universities (R1s) working together to increase African American participation in computer science, with a focus on robotics. This extension proposal will expand ARTSI to seventeen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and roughly 10 major research universities (R1s). Hampton University is the new lead institution; Carnegie Mellon University remains the lead R1 school. The extension introduces three new initiatives that (1) improve the quality and uniformity of robotics instruction by developing robotics curriculum modules specific to the needs of HBCUs, (2) pilot a program to attract STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) students to HBCUs by offering robot programming activities in local high schools, and (3) pilot skill-building program for rising sophomores to better prepare them to become involved in robotics research. The extension also includes new collaborations with the Caribbean Center for Computing Excellence (a BPC Alliance in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.