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

汉普顿大学，在与伯奇-梅隆大学，佛罗里达农业和机械大学，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，伊丽莎白城州立大学，杜克大学，亚拉巴马州塔斯卡卢萨大学和密歇根大学的合作，ARTSI联盟（Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact）ARTSI是一个由历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和主要研究型大学（R1）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。这一扩展提案将把ARTSI扩展到17所历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）以及大约10所主要的研究型大学（R1）。汉普顿大学是新的领先机构;卡内基梅隆大学仍然是领先的R1学校。该扩展引入了三项新举措，即（1）通过开发针对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）试行一项吸引STEM的计划（科学，技术，工程和数学）学生HBCU通过提供机器人编程活动在当地高中，以及（3）为正在崛起的企业家提供试点技能建设计划，以更好地为他们参与机器人研究做好准备。扩展还包括与加勒比计算卓越中心（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.