The University of West Florida has received a $100,000 award from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Munitions Directorate to support research in multi‑agent artificial intelligence while training Ph.D. students.
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The one‑year grant was awarded through AFRL/RW’s University Day program and is led by Dr. Kristen “Brent” Venable, a professor and director of UWF’s Intelligent Systems and Robotics doctoral program. The project will design and test computer environments where multiple agents—robots, drones, or software systems—learn to work together across multi-step missions with less need for constant human direction. In plain terms, the team is building simulations that teach autonomous systems how to divide tasks, share information, and adapt as conditions change…