Two IC Faculty Receive NSF CAREER for Robotics and AR/VR Initiatives

Practice may not make perfect for robots, but new machine learning models from Georgia Tech are allowing them to improve their skillsets to more effectively assist humans in the real world. 

Danfei Xu, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing, is introducing new models that provide robots with “on-the-job” training.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Xu its CAREER award given to early career faculty. The award will enable Xu to expand his research and refine his models, which could accelerate the process of robot deployment and alleviate manufacturers from the burden of achieving perfection.