EAGER: Extinct Does Not Imply Unfit: Paleobiology, Defossilization, and New Sources for No — NSF Award to Carnegie Mellon Universi
This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award supports research to extend the sources of bio-inspired robotics beyond extant species and into the fossil record. Present-day challenges in robot locomotion may be solved by unique strategies evolved by animals that subsequently became extinct for unrelat
| Award title | EAGER: Extinct Does Not Imply Unfit: Paleobiology, Defossilization, and New Sources for No |
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| Award ID | 2534968 |
| Awardee | Carnegie Mellon University |
| City | PITTSBURGH |
| State | PA |
| Amount obligated | $271,912 |
| Principal investigator | Aaron Johnson |
| Program | FRR-Foundationl Rsrch Robotics |
| Start date | 09/01/2025 |
| Abstract | This EArly-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) award supports research to extend the sources of bio-inspired robotics beyond extant species and into the fossil record. Present-day challenges in robot locomotion may be solved by unique strategies evolved by animals that subsequently became extinct for unrelated reasons. These strategies may be revealed through careful study of surviving skeletons, including computer simulation of likely muscle and tendon arrangements, a process sometim |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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