REU Site: Undergraduate Robotics Research for Rural Appalachia

REU 网站：阿巴拉契亚农村地区本科生机器人研究

• 批准号: 2348288
• 负责人: Jason Gross
• 金额: $ 45.42万
• 依托单位: West Virginia University Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2348288&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Undergraduate; Robotics; Research

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site at West Virginia University (WVU) will allow ten undergraduate students each year, mostly from the Appalachian region, to perform state-of-the-art robotics research that is relevant to the region. The goal of the investigator and mentor team is to open opportunities for students and promote STEM through robotics-related research, education, and outreach. Students will work in small groups in one of WVU’s robotics research laboratories while researching one of several themes. The site’s research themes are tailored to problems associated with enabling the use of mobile robotics in rural environments, which have challenging topography and/or are in densely forested areas. Participants will perform fundamental research leading to hands-on experimental demonstrations. The intellectual focus of the site will be research in the core robotics areas of motion planning, localization, coordination, autonomy, and locomotion. Projects will aim for demonstration in challenging field applications in rural settings. Examples of research themes robot swarm learning from biological systems, resilient motion planning and localization approaches for drones in forested regions, and legged robot design and wheeled robot perception and planning to enable traversing harsh terrains. The REU students will participate in weekly group research presentations, organized panel discussions on topics related to professional development, team-building activities, and a university-wide undergraduate research symposium. Participants will contribute to the state of the art within a specialized area of robotics, and faculty mentors will use group discussions to emphasize a holistic view of robotics systems and identify potential synergies and collaborations across sub-teams.This project is jointly funded by CISE IIS and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.

西弗吉尼亚大学（WVU）的本科生（REU）网站的这一研究经验将允许每年十个本科生，主要来自阿巴拉契亚地区，可以进行与该地区有关的最先进的机器人研究。研究者和心理团队的目标是通过与机器人相关的研究，教育和外展为学生开放机会，并促进STEM。学生将在研究几个主题之一的同时，在WVU的一个机器人研究实验室中的一个小组中工作。该网站的研究主题是针对与在粗糙环境中使用移动机器人技术相关的问题，这些问题具有挑战地形和/或在贫穷的森林地区。参与者将进行基础研究，从而实现实验示威。该网站的智力重点将是在运动计划，本地化，协调，自主权和运动的核心机器人技术领域的研究。项目将旨在在农村环境中的挑战现场申请中进行演示。研究主题的示例机器人群从生物系统中学习，依赖的运动计划和森林地区无人机的定位方法，以及腿部机器人设计和轮式机器人感知，并计划使越过Harmh Terrains。 REU学生将参加每周的小组研究演讲，组织的小组讨论与专业发展有关的主题，团队建设活动以及整个大学范围的本科研究研讨会。参与者将在机器人技术专业领域内为艺术的状态做出贡献，教师的导师将使用小组讨论来强调机器人系统的整体观点，并确定跨团队之间的潜在协同和协作。该项目由CISE IIS共同资助了Cise IIS和既定计划，并通过既定的计划来刺激竞争性研究（EPSCOR）。基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。