NSF awards $30M to establish Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation at UT Austin
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-08-28
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $30 million to establish the "Center for Human and Robot Co-Adaptation" at the University of Texas at Austin. This center is one of three new 5-year, $30M centers launched under the NSF's Science and Technology Centers (STC) program.
Project Details:
- Lead Institution: UT Austin.
- Partners: Includes Indiana University Bloomington, MIT, Tufts University, the University of Utah, and Yale University.
- Research Goal: To advance groundbreaking research into how humans and robots can learn to live and work together.
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