60NANB24D221
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: To research, develop, and prototype collaborative robots (COBOTS) targeted for people who are aging in place.
Activities to be performed: Configure various existing COBOTS that could work within elderly living and activity parameters as simulated by home living configurations (e.g., kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom) staged inside the institute, and evaluate algorithms and interactive systems to determine the viability of off-the-shelf components.
Code and assess the level of autonomy that can be provided by a COBOT in this domain and the role that level has on the platform’s efficacy.
Understand what can be developed for home assistance that is not cost-prohibitive.
Develop collaborations with community partners to work within real living environments with study participants.
Expected outcomes: The requested funding for robotics instrumentation and research will provide resources for scientists, practitioners, and students to design, build, and test candidate robotic platforms alone and in combination.
This proposed effort will examine the viability of adaptive assistance to address functional limitations in grip, balance, and sit-to-stand capabilities, with the expectation for the eventual translation of the resulting technology to new commercial industries.
Intended beneficiaries: The use of adaptive assistance technologies, such as COBOTS, can help the aging public maintain an independent lifestyle.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient plans to subaward funds ($786,450) to L5VEL, INC. to enable the development of autonomous capabilities within the prototype COBOTS by measuring the level of operational assistance and autonomy needed, along with how it can be verified and validated in each configuration.
L5VEL, INC. will also help the team determine what is needed to reach a manufacturing effort to prototype a lower cost COBOT.
Activities to be performed: Configure various existing COBOTS that could work within elderly living and activity parameters as simulated by home living configurations (e.g., kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom) staged inside the institute, and evaluate algorithms and interactive systems to determine the viability of off-the-shelf components.
Code and assess the level of autonomy that can be provided by a COBOT in this domain and the role that level has on the platform’s efficacy.
Understand what can be developed for home assistance that is not cost-prohibitive.
Develop collaborations with community partners to work within real living environments with study participants.
Expected outcomes: The requested funding for robotics instrumentation and research will provide resources for scientists, practitioners, and students to design, build, and test candidate robotic platforms alone and in combination.
This proposed effort will examine the viability of adaptive assistance to address functional limitations in grip, balance, and sit-to-stand capabilities, with the expectation for the eventual translation of the resulting technology to new commercial industries.
Intended beneficiaries: The use of adaptive assistance technologies, such as COBOTS, can help the aging public maintain an independent lifestyle.
Subrecipient activities: The recipient plans to subaward funds ($786,450) to L5VEL, INC. to enable the development of autonomous capabilities within the prototype COBOTS by measuring the level of operational assistance and autonomy needed, along with how it can be verified and validated in each configuration.
L5VEL, INC. will also help the team determine what is needed to reach a manufacturing effort to prototype a lower cost COBOT.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Tulsa,
Oklahoma
74104-9700
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
2024-NIST-RFA-CIPP-01
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 08/31/25 to 08/31/26.
The University Of Tulsa was awarded
Development of Collaborative Robots for Aging in Place
Project Grant 60NANB24D221
worth $5,500,000
from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Tulsa Oklahoma United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 11.617 Congressionally-Identified Projects.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 7/3/25
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$5.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$5.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for 60NANB24D221
Transaction History
Modifications to 60NANB24D221
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
60NANB24D221
SAI Number
60NANB24D221_1
Award ID URI
EXE
Awardee Classifications
Private Institution Of Higher Education
Awarding Office
1333ND DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Funding Office
1333ND DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
Awardee UEI
P23YK1EKPS51
Awardee CAGE
6S928
Performance District
OK-01
Senators
James Lankford
Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
Modified: 7/3/25