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

REU网站：机器人和自主系统（AUTOBOT）在肯特州立大学（KSU）将培养学生的兴趣和能力，成为科学和工程贡献者在这个令人兴奋的领域，通过从事尖端研究，支持和实现自主系统的本科生。机器人和自主系统彻底改变了我们处理许多平凡和一些高度复杂任务的方式。从机器人真空吸尘器到自动驾驶汽车和机器人手术，自动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网站将为学生提供变革性的体验，以激发他们的求知欲，培养热情，并建立科学探索和研究的能力。每年有10名学生将在为期10周的暑期课程中从事创新和尖端的研究项目。这些努力和项目可以增加美国学生接触机器人和自主系统研究的人数，并在研究生院接受教育。这种更广泛的影响对于追求自主和人工智能相关领域职业的学生至关重要。三年的REU网站：机器人和自主系统（AUTOBOT）在肯特州立大学将培养学生的兴趣和能力，成为科学和工程的贡献者，这一令人兴奋的领域的扩展，通过从事尖端的研究，支持和实现自主系统的本科生。该计划中的研究项目将纳入与创新机器人设计，人工智能（AI），人机合作，无人机（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，并由具有与本科生研究人员合作经验的教师导师领导。除了学术研究外，AUTOBOT学生还将获得支持，以磨练他们的技术表达能力，并有机会作为合著者为研究出版物做出贡献。为期十周的暑期课程的一个重点是与学生建立关系，展示对STEM的好奇心，并提供持续的参与，以促进学生向研究生的过渡。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，并通过评估被认为值得支持使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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.