REU Site: Research Experience for Undergraduates in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

肯特州立大学(KSU)的REU网站：机器人与自主系统(Autobot)将通过让本科生参与支撑和启用自主系统的尖端研究，培养学生成为这一令人兴奋的领域的科学和工程贡献者的兴趣和能力。机器人和自主系统已经彻底改变了我们处理许多平凡和一些高度复杂的任务的方式。从机器人吸尘器到自动驾驶汽车和机器人手术，自主和机器人系统有望越来越多地塑造社会做事的方式。此外，为期三年的KSU Autobot REU站点将为学生提供一次变革性的体验，激发他们的求知欲，培养热情，建设科学探索和研究的能力。每年有十名学生将在为期十周的暑期项目中参与创新和尖端研究项目。这些努力和项目可以增加接触到机器人和自主系统研究的美国学生的数量，并就进入研究生院的好处进行教育。对于在自主和人工智能相关领域寻求职业生涯的学生来说，这种更广泛的影响至关重要。肯特州立大学为期三年的REU网站：机器人与自主系统(Autobot)将通过让本科生参与支撑和启用自主系统的尖端研究，培养学生成为这一令人兴奋的领域的科学和工程贡献者的兴趣和能力。该计划内的研究项目将纳入与创新机器人设计、人工智能(AI)、人-机器人合作、无人驾驶飞行器(UAV)以及制导、导航和控制(GNC)技术相关的科学概念，以实现下一代更先进的自主系统。每年将有10名学生参加核心研究活动，并由在与本科生研究人员合作方面经验丰富的教师指导。除了学术研究，汽车人学生将得到支持，磨练他们的技术演示技能，并有机会作为合著者为研究出版物做出贡献。为期十周的暑期计划的一个主要焦点是与对STEM表现出求知欲的学生建立关系，并提供持续的参与，以促进学生向研究生水平的研究计划的过渡。该网站由国防部与国家科学基金会REU计划合作支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The REU Site: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (AUTOBOT) at the Kent State University (KSU) will cultivate students’ interest and capacity to become scientific and engineering contributors in this exciting field, by engaging undergraduate students in cutting-edge research that underpins and enables autonomous systems. Robotics and autonomous systems have revolutionized the way we approach many mundane and some highly sophisticated tasks. From robotic vacuum cleaners to self-driving cars and robotic surgeries, autonomous and robotic systems promise to increasingly shape the way society gets things done. In addition, the three-year KSU AUTOBOT REU Site will provide a transformative experience for students to stimulate their intellectual curiosity, cultivate enthusiasm, and build capacity for scientific exploration and research. Ten students each year will engage in innovative and cutting-edge research projects over a ten-week summer program. These kinds of efforts and projects can increase the number of U.S. students exposed to research in robotics and autonomous systems and educated on the merits of attending graduate school. This broader impact is vitally important to students pursuing careers in autonomy and AI-related fields. The three-year REU Site: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (AUTOBOT) at the Kent State University will cultivate students’ interest and capacity to become scientific and engineering contributors to the expansion of this exciting field, by engaging undergraduate students in cutting-edge research that underpins and enables autonomous systems. Research projects within the program will incorporate scientific concepts related to innovative robotic design, artificial intelligence (AI), human-robot teaming, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) technologies to enable the next generation of more advanced autonomous systems. Ten students each year will participate in core research activities and be led by faculty mentors experienced at working with undergraduate student researchers. In addition to scholarly research, AUTOBOT students will be supported in honing their technical presentation skills and be given the opportunity to contribute to research publications as coauthors. A key focus of the ten-week summer program is to establish relationships with students demonstrating intellectual curiosity in STEM and provide a continuum of engagement to facilitate the transition of students to graduate-level research programs.This Site is supported by the Department of Defense in partnership with the National Science Foundation REU program.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.