Event
U.S. Navy awards Thinking Robots autonomous-vehicle dialogue SBIR
The U.S. Navy awarded Thinking Robots a $69,972 Phase I SBIR contract to design natural-language supervisory control for autonomous ground vehicles.
Evidence notes
- The Phase I award funded an integrated robot architecture combining natural-language dialogue, high-level planning and gesture-based interaction.
- The proposed system built on DIARC capabilities previously demonstrated in spoken search-and-rescue interactions.
- The work targeted dynamically adjustable autonomy and robust interpretation of spontaneous instructions for multiple autonomous-vehicle types.
Company context
Boston robotics-software company enabling users to instruct and teach robots without conventional programming.
Context
- Company
- Thinking Robots
- Segment
- Development Platform
- Event type
- Award
- Added to Korthos
- Jul 18, 2026
- Geography
- Boston, MA · United States