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<p>During 2012, NASA funded 9 grants to research institutions and universities, after reviews by NSF panels and NASA robotics experts.  The 9 research grantees performed well and reported on their findings in June 2013 at the NRI continuation review.  All grantees were approved to continue for a second year of work.</p><p>The titles of the FY14 grants are listed here for convenience:</p><ul><li><em>Long, Thin Continuum Robots for Space Applications</em></li><li><em>A Novel Powered Leg Prosthesis Simulator for Sensing and Control Development</em></li><li><em>Long-range Prediction of Non-Geometric Terrain Hazards for Reliable Planetary Rover Traverse</em></li><li><em>Active Skins for Simplified Tactile Feedback in Robotics</em></li><li><em>Actuators for Safe, Strong, and Efficient Humanoid Robots</em></li><li><em>Manipulating Flexible Materials Using Sparse Coding</em></li><li><em>Whole-Body Telemanipulation of the Dreamer Humanoid Robot on Rough Terrains Using a Hand Exoskeleton (EXODREAM)</em></li><li><em>Toward Humanoid Avatar Robots for Co-exploration of Hazardous Environments</em></li><li><em>Building the Robotic Commons, Open Source Robotics Foundation </em></li></ul><p>The full descriptions for each research grant are listed under individual Technologies below:</p>