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CAREER: Solving Pathfinding Problems with High-Level Goal Specifications — NSF Award to University of South Carolina at Columbia (

Pathfinding is essential for making effective decisions about how to move through complex spaces, from robots navigating crowded warehouses to synthesizing molecules through sequences of reactions. A significant roadblock to solving these pathfinding problems is that the goal may only be describable at a high level. Fo

Award titleCAREER: Solving Pathfinding Problems with High-Level Goal Specifications
Award ID2541764
AwardeeUniversity of South Carolina at Columbia
CityCOLUMBIA
StateSC
Amount obligated$282,156
Principal investigatorForest Agostinelli
ProgramRobust Intelligence
Start date09/01/2026
AbstractPathfinding is essential for making effective decisions about how to move through complex spaces, from robots navigating crowded warehouses to synthesizing molecules through sequences of reactions. A significant roadblock to solving these pathfinding problems is that the goal may only be describable at a high level. For example, in chemical synthesis, scientists may know the properties a therapeutic molecule should have, but not know of any molecule that has such properties. This project seeks t
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