2026 NSF FRR Robotics
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Keynote Speakers

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Peter Stone, UT at Austin

Peter Stone, UT at Austin

Peter Stone, UT at Austin

Friday, September 25 @ 9am


TITLE: From How to learn to What to learn in Multiagent Systems and Robotics


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Sangbae Kim, MIT

Peter Stone, UT at Austin

Peter Stone, UT at Austin

Saturday, September 26 @ 9am


TITLE: Architecture of Physical Intelligence 


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Long Talk Speakers | Friday, September 25, 10:30am- 11:30am

Hannah Stuart, UC Berkeley

Joydeep Biswas, UT at Austin

Joydeep Biswas, UT at Austin

TITLE: Fusing Body-power with Robotic Actuation in Wearable Grasp Assistance for People with Cervical Spinal Cord Injury


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Joydeep Biswas, UT at Austin

Joydeep Biswas, UT at Austin

Joydeep Biswas, UT at Austin

TITLE:  Robots Without Boundaries: Embracing the Unseen and Tackling Novel Tasks
 

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Jivko Sinapov, Tufts University

Vickie Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University

Vickie Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University

TITLE:  Multimodal Learning, Interaction, and Perception: The Path Towards Intelligent Collaborative Robots


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Vickie Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University

Vickie Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University

Vickie Webster-Wood, Carnegie Mellon University

TITLE:  Integrating Adaptive Actuation, Control, Mechanics, and Learning for Robotics in the Age of AI


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Long Talk Speakers | Saturday, Sept 26, 10:30am- 11:30aM

Brittany Duncan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Brittany Duncan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Brittany Duncan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

TITLE: Surprises and Challenges from Diverse Ecosystems


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Greg Stein, George Mason University

Brittany Duncan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Brittany Duncan, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

TITLE:  Learning, Planning, and Introspection: Making Robot Task Planners Comfortable with Missing Knowledge


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Kevin Chen, MIT

Tapo Bhattacharjee, Cornell

Tapo Bhattacharjee, Cornell

TITLE:  Challenges and Opportunities for Insect-Scale Autonomous Aerial Robots


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Tapo Bhattacharjee, Cornell

Tapo Bhattacharjee, Cornell

Tapo Bhattacharjee, Cornell

TITLE:  Physical Intelligence for Physical Care: Towards Stakeholder-Informed Caregiving Robots in the Real World


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Ethics, Policy & Safety Panel | Friday, 1pm- 2pm

Illah Nourbakhsh

Illah Nourbakhsh

Illah Nourbakhsh

Carnegie Mellon University

Moderator

Andrea Bajcsy

Illah Nourbakhsh

Illah Nourbakhsh

Carnegie Mellon University


Paul Robinette

Paul Robinette

Paul Robinette

UMASS Lowell

Jacob Sparks

Paul Robinette

Paul Robinette

Cal Poly

FRR Government Funding Panel | Friday, 2pm- 3pm

Reid Simmons

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Carnegie Mellon University

Moderator

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

The National Science Foundation 

CISE/IIS  
CISE WG Co-Chair

Jordan Berg

Veronica Ahumada-Newhart

Marvin Cheng

The National Science Foundation 

ENG/CMMI
ENG WG Co-Chair

Marvin Cheng

Danielle Sumy

Marvin Cheng

CDC/NIOSH/DSR/PTB

Dean Culver

Danielle Sumy

Danielle Sumy

ARO

Danielle Sumy

Danielle Sumy

Danielle Sumy

The National Science Foundation 

TIP/ITE

X-Labs


Steven Thomson

Steven Thomson

Steven Thomson

REE-NIFA

Enhancing Research Impact panel | Saturday, 1pm- 2pM

Howie Choset

Danielle Sumy

Brenna Argall

Carnegie Mellon University
Moderator

Brenna Argall

Danielle Sumy

Brenna Argall

Northwestern University

Danielle Sumy

Danielle Sumy

Danielle Sumy

The National Science Foundation

TIP/ITE

X-Labs

Robert Wood

Robert Wood

Danielle Sumy

Harvard University

Holly Yanco

Robert Wood

Holly Yanco

UMASS Amherst

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