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American Android wins NASA 2001 SBIR Phase I funding
Princeton, New Jersey - September 11, 2001 - American Android Corp. has been selected to receive NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I funding for a project entitled "In-Situ Training of Anthropomorphic Robots." The research contract will be with NASA Johnson Space Center and will be overseen by JSC's Robot Systems Technology Branch.
The six month feasibility study will demonstrate how existing proprietary robotics and artificial intelligence technology can be applied to the problem of in-the-field training of machines by human operators. The goal is to enable EVA astronauts to verbally customize the behavior of humanoid robots.
NASA SBIR program
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