Summer Interns Wrap Up
Robin Lange wraps up a productive summer as an NCCA intern, seen here with his advisor Dr. Nino. Robin spear headed the initial integration of our first NCCA platforms. Robin worked to integrate the NCCA's Boston Dynamics Spot robots into the IHMC robotics development...
NCCA welcomes team members
Taylor Langley Research Associate Taylor serves as a research associate in the robotics lab and is currently working on the Alex 002 project while also supporting smaller PCB development efforts and design revisions. In his role, Taylor is focused on advancing...
Summer Interns and Outreach
Robin Lange Summer Intern Robin Lange from Georgia Southern University joins IHMC for the summer as an NCCA summer intern to work with Dr. Nino. His work focuses on hardware and software integration, communications, and systems integration across multiple robotic...
MSU Visit
In April, IHMC hosted a group from The High Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPC²) & The FAA's Center of Excellence for UAS Research at Mississippi State University which included Scott Bowins, Deputy Director for Strategic Partnerships with the ASSURE (Alliance...
2026 IHMC Open House
On April 10th, 2026 researchers at the NCCA participated in IHMC's annual Open House. The open house is held annually in conjunction with National Robotics Week, which was established by Congress in 2010 to give students, teachers and the public an opportunity to meet...
MASST Workshop
In April 2026, IHMC Senior Research Scientist Jeffrey Bradshaw organized the second Multi-Agent System Safety and Teamwork initiative (MASST) workshop. Jeff helped pioneer the research areas of multi-agent systems and human-agent-robot teamwork, and his first book on...
IHMC hosts inaugural NCCA Workshop
On February 18-19, 2026, researchers from leading institutions gathered in Pensacola Florida at the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition to attend the inaugural National Center for Collaborative Autonomy workshop. During the invitation-only workshop,...
NCCA establishes mission statement
Led by IHMC Senior Research Scientitsts, Dr.s Matt Johnson, Niranjan Suri, and Robert Griffin established the mission statement of the National Center for Collaborative Autonomy in January 2026. The NCCA was established to pioneer "scaling the impact of autonomous...
Understanding Human-Autonomy Teaming through Interdependence Analysis
ABSTRACT- As any craftsman knows, having the right tool for the job makes all the difference. Sadly, adequate formative tools are lacking for the design of human-autonomy teaming. Most existing tools focus on the taskwork, in particular physical activity. More...
Natural Language Interaction with Databases on Edge Devices in the Internet of Battlefield Things
Abstract—The expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the battlefield, Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT), gives rise to new opportunities for enhancing situational awareness. To increase the potential of IoBT for situational awareness in critical decision...