Triumph approves funding for NCCA

Triumph Gulf Coast approves funding for NCCA

Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. has approved a grant to the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) to establish a groundbreaking National Center for Collaborative Autonomy (NCCA).

What?  The NCCA will serve as a hub for cutting-edge research in multiple areas related to autonomous systems, including:

  • Multi-domain collaborative autonomous systems
  • Robust communication and networking techniques
  • Collaborative manipulation and coordinated behavior
  • Distributed artificial intelligence
  • Machine learning techniques for multiple distributed autonomous systems
  • Human-machine learning strategies for heterogeneous autonomous systems

But really, what’s an autonomous system?

  • An autonomous system is a system—often a machine or group of machines—that can perform tasks, make decisions, and operate in a dynamic environment with minimal or no human intervention. These systems are designed to sense their environment, process information, make decisions, and act independently to achieve specific goals.

Details:  With a completion deadline of April 30, 2034, this project represents a long-term commitment to building Florida’s research capabilities in autonomous systems.

Author: Rick Outzen
Full Article: https://ricksblog.biz/triumph-gulf-coast-approves-6-7-million-for-ihmc/

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