← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
Mountain View, CA
$5,327,431
Total funding
6
Grants
Funding over time
peak $2M · FY2013–20$2.5M$1.9M$1.3M$625K$0
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'18
'19
'20
Funding mix
By agency
NASA$2,687,297 · 3
NSF$2,035,795 · 1
DOD$604,339 · 2
By mechanism
—$5,327,431 · 6
Investigators at Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
Building a robotics commons$2,035,795
· FY2013 · CSE
SIMULATION AND CONTROL FOR PLANETARY ROVERS$1,609,838
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP, DELIVER, AND SUPPORT AN OPEN SOURCE ROBOT SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR USE BY THE ORGANIZERS AND COMPETITORS IN THE NASA SPACE ROBOTI$811,129
· FY2015 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT OCEAN ROBOTICS$405,433
· FY2017 · Department of the Navy
WE PROPOSE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP SIMULATION AND CONTROL SOFTWARE FOR USE WITH ROVERS THAT ARE OPERATED REMOTELY. WHILE WE EXPECT OUR WORK TO BE BROADLY APPLICABLE TO REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES IN GENERAL WE TAKE AS OUR MOTIVATING USE CASE THE RESOURCE PROSPECTOR (RP) MISSION WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT NASA. WE WILL BASE OUR WORK ON GAZEBO AN OPEN SOURCE HIGH-FIDELITY ROBOTICS SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT THAT OUR TEAM HAS DEVELOPED FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND ROS (ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEM) AN OPEN SOURCE COLLECTION OF ROBOT SOFTWARE WHICH WE DISTRIBUTE MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP IN COLLABORATION WITH A WIDE NETWORK OF CONTRIBUTORS FROM ACADEMIA GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. WE WILL MAKE OPEN SOURCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THESE EXISTING SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE USED BY ANY FUTURE ROVER MISSION. WE PROPOSE TO HELP MEET THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING NEEDS OF PLANETARY ROVER MISSIONS SUCH AS RP BY DEVELOPING ROS AND GAZEBO SYSTEMS AND CONFIGURATION. OUR NEAR-TERM GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE USE OF GAZEBO-BASED SOFTWARE SIMULATION IN BUILDING EVALUATING AND PRACTICING WITH REMOTE OPERATION INTERFACES BY IMPLEMENTING A PROTOTYPE ROBOTIC SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE USING EXISTING ROS COMPONENTS. AS MISSION SOFTWARE COMPONENTS ARE DEVELOPED THEY CAN REPLACE THE PROTOTYPE COMPONENTS IN THE ARCHITECTURE WHILE MAINTAINING A COHESIVE SYSTEM FOR END-TO-END TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT.$266,330
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SECURE CONTROL ARCHITECTURES FOR MARITIME ROBOTICS$198,906
· FY2019 · Defense Contract Management Agency