The Amazon Lab126 Seed Grant Program is a new component of the Amazon Lab126–University of Maryland Diversity in Robotics and AI initiative. The program will support UMD and UMD’s HBCU partner school faculty, students, and researchers working in robotics and AI and is intended to enable inter-institutional collaboration with UMD’s HBCU partner schools to further increase the diversity pipeline and enhance connectivity between faculty, students, and researchers in robotics and AI.
Title: Reducing Freezing Behavior for Mobile Robots in Unstructured Home Environments
Principal Investigator: Dinesh Manocha, Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Maryland
Research area: Autonomous Navigation and Mobility
Title: Autonomous Vehicle Navigation for Congested Urban Area
Principal Investigator: Kofi Nyarko, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Morgan State University
Research area: Autonomous Navigation and Mobility