Research, live across the intelligent campus.
A single view of PLOT projects across intelligent living, CIRCE, and logistics, restored from the original research index and connected to the current live pilot database.
Research Dashboard
Research tracks grounded in real pilots.
PLOT organizes work into research tracks connected to real pilots, media, posts, and admin-editable records, so the public view follows evidence instead of static claims.
Hardware layer
Gen-2 Multi-Modal Sensor Unit
A privacy-aware ambient sensing unit designed in-house — from CAD to fabrication to live deployment in a single semester. Deployed for the first live demo, March 2026.
Data layer
On-Site Edge Data Lake
A former carport rebuilt into an on-site edge data center: multimodal data pipeline, Parquet storage, and on-device inference. Exterior complete April 2026; interior fit-out underway.
Biomedical track
Cellular and tissue systems
Bioprinting, bioreactors, infrasound exposure, and multimodal sensing connect PLOT infrastructure to cellular dynamics research.
Robotics track
Robotics and physical automation
End-effectors, PLC/IoT integration, field autonomy, and cooperative mobility connect the physical robotics work to CIRCE and logistics.
Project index
One research index, grouped by place.
The original site had a direct Research tab. This page brings that back while keeping the newer pilot records, pillar pages, and admin-editable project model.
15 projects
Intelligent Living
PLOT's residential intelligence layer: ambient sensing, wearables, edge AI, and gentle robotics that serve human dignity — not surveillance.
ActiveStarted 2026On-Site Edge Data Lake
A former carport rebuilt into an on-site edge data center: multimodal data pipeline, Parquet storage, and on-device inference. Exterior complete April 2026; interior fit-out underway.
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On-Site Edge Data Lake
A former carport rebuilt into an on-site edge data center: multimodal data pipeline, Parquet storage, and on-device inference. Exterior complete April 2026; interior fit-out underway.
The data lake converts a former carport into on-site edge infrastructure. Its role is to keep data stewardship close to the spaces, sensors, and demonstrations that create the data.
Open project pageActiveStarted 2026Field Station · 25 Acres
Twenty-five acres of living testbed where the campus senses, learns, and responds to the people in it — the shared canvas for environmental, sensing, mobility, robotics, and agriculture pilots.
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Field Station · 25 Acres
Twenty-five acres of living testbed where the campus senses, learns, and responds to the people in it — the shared canvas for environmental, sensing, mobility, robotics, and agriculture pilots.
Field Station autonomy connects outdoor robotics and mobility to real field environments. It gives CIRCE and logistics teams a shared pathway for testing navigation, sensing, route planning, and robotic operations under practical constraints.
Open project pageActiveStarted 2026Gen-2 Multi-Modal Sensor Unit
A privacy-aware ambient sensing unit designed in-house — from CAD to fabrication to live deployment in a single semester. Deployed for the first live demo, March 2026.
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Gen-2 Multi-Modal Sensor Unit
A privacy-aware ambient sensing unit designed in-house — from CAD to fabrication to live deployment in a single semester. Deployed for the first live demo, March 2026.
The Gen-2 Sensing Unit is the shared hardware layer for PLOT demonstrations. It supports multimodal capture, local processing, and de-identified research workflows across PLOT House, CIRCE, logistics, and public demonstrations.
Open project pageActiveAI-Driven Assistive Dexterous Manipulation
Multi-finger dexterous manipulation for assistive daily living — deep reinforcement learning, vision-language-action models, and shared autonomy from KSU's Intelligent Dexterity (InDex) Lab.
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AI-Driven Assistive Dexterous Manipulation
Multi-finger dexterous manipulation for assistive daily living — deep reinforcement learning, vision-language-action models, and shared autonomy from KSU's Intelligent Dexterity (InDex) Lab.
Multi-finger dexterous manipulation for assistive daily living — deep reinforcement learning, vision-language-action models, and shared autonomy from KSU's Intelligent Dexterity (InDex) Lab.
Open project pageActiveEnvironment, Memory & Creativity
Studying how time-of-day and environmental context shape memory and creative thinking inside the living lab.
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Environment, Memory & Creativity
Studying how time-of-day and environmental context shape memory and creative thinking inside the living lab.
Studying how time-of-day and environmental context shape memory and creative thinking inside the living lab.
Open project pageActiveMovement Monitoring · Motion Capture
Markerless, multi-modal motion capture — RGB, depth, thermal, and pose — for movement, exercise, and rehabilitation monitoring on real in-home activity.
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Movement Monitoring · Motion Capture
Markerless, multi-modal motion capture — RGB, depth, thermal, and pose — for movement, exercise, and rehabilitation monitoring on real in-home activity.
Markerless, multi-modal motion capture — RGB, depth, thermal, and pose — for movement, exercise, and rehabilitation monitoring on real in-home activity.
Open project pageActiveWireless Sensing of Daily Activities
Continuous, privacy-aware wireless sensing (RF and mmWave) of everyday in-home activities, captured across realistic routines.
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Wireless Sensing of Daily Activities
Continuous, privacy-aware wireless sensing (RF and mmWave) of everyday in-home activities, captured across realistic routines.
Continuous, privacy-aware wireless sensing (RF and mmWave) of everyday in-home activities, captured across realistic routines.
Open project pageActiveNutrilyzer · Meal-Picture Nutrition
AI pipeline that converts meal photos into structured per-ingredient nutrition estimates.
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Nutrilyzer · Meal-Picture Nutrition
AI pipeline that converts meal photos into structured per-ingredient nutrition estimates.
AI pipeline that converts meal photos into structured per-ingredient nutrition estimates.
Open project pageActiveSmartCare Dementia AI
AI-supported care for people living with dementia — ambient, privacy-preserving monitoring of wellbeing, sleep, and daily activity that surfaces meaningful changes early and lightens the load on caregivers.
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SmartCare Dementia AI
AI-supported care for people living with dementia — ambient, privacy-preserving monitoring of wellbeing, sleep, and daily activity that surfaces meaningful changes early and lightens the load on caregivers.
AI-supported care for people living with dementia — ambient, privacy-preserving monitoring of wellbeing, sleep, and daily activity that surfaces meaningful changes early and lightens the load on caregivers.
Open project pageActivemHealth · Sleep & Behavior
mHealth, healthcare informatics, and AI-driven sleep and behavioral analytics.
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mHealth · Sleep & Behavior
mHealth, healthcare informatics, and AI-driven sleep and behavioral analytics.
mHealth, healthcare informatics, and AI-driven sleep and behavioral analytics.
Open project pageActiveNeuromorphic & Edge AI
Neuromorphic computing and energy-efficient AI on the edge.
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Neuromorphic & Edge AI
Neuromorphic computing and energy-efficient AI on the edge.
Neuromorphic computing and energy-efficient AI on the edge.
Open project pageActivePlatform Data Pipelining & Captures
Multimodal data pipelining and capture infrastructure that feeds the platform and its research datasets.
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Platform Data Pipelining & Captures
Multimodal data pipelining and capture infrastructure that feeds the platform and its research datasets.
Multimodal data pipelining and capture infrastructure that feeds the platform and its research datasets.
Open project pageActiveCrack Detection · Quadruped Robot
Autonomous concrete-crack inspection on a Unitree Go1 quadruped — LiDAR + RGB-D SLAM for navigation and a YOLO crack-detection model that localizes and scores surface cracks in real time, indoors and out.
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Crack Detection · Quadruped Robot
Autonomous concrete-crack inspection on a Unitree Go1 quadruped — LiDAR + RGB-D SLAM for navigation and a YOLO crack-detection model that localizes and scores surface cracks in real time, indoors and out.
Autonomous concrete-crack inspection on a Unitree Go1 quadruped — LiDAR + RGB-D SLAM for navigation and a YOLO crack-detection model that localizes and scores surface cracks in real time, indoors and out.
Open project pageActiveStarted 2026Outreach & Learning
Community outreach and hands-on engagement across the PLOT site — tours, demos, and K-12 and university programs that bring people onto the living campus.
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Outreach & Learning
Community outreach and hands-on engagement across the PLOT site — tours, demos, and K-12 and university programs that bring people onto the living campus.
This Spring 2026 progress-update pilot connects PLOT demonstrations, student engagement, and classroom-facing activities so the living campus can support education, outreach, and applied learning.
Open project pageActiveEducational Pilot
Embedding the living campus into coursework — students learn sensing, AI, and human-centered design by building and studying real PLOT systems.
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Educational Pilot
Embedding the living campus into coursework — students learn sensing, AI, and human-centered design by building and studying real PLOT systems.
Embedding the living campus into coursework — students learn sensing, AI, and human-centered design by building and studying real PLOT systems.
Open project page
2 projects
Intelligent Agriculture
A 25-acre Field Station combining controlled-environment growing, soil monitoring, autonomous mobility, and environmental sensing.
ActiveStarted 2026Low-Cost Soil-Health Sensing
Low-cost multi-sensor soil monitoring with machine-learning estimation of composite soil health; first units in test deployment.
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Low-Cost Soil-Health Sensing
Low-cost multi-sensor soil monitoring with machine-learning estimation of composite soil health; first units in test deployment.
RF-backscatter soil sensing provides a low-power path for tracking environmental conditions at field scale. It supports CIRCE studies where soil, crop, weather, and robotics data need to become part of the same research pipeline.
Open project pagePlannedDrone + Ground-Robot Teaming
Coordinated drone and ground-robot teaming for field operations (USDA AFRI 2025).
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Drone + Ground-Robot Teaming
Coordinated drone and ground-robot teaming for field operations (USDA AFRI 2025).
Coordinated drone and ground-robot teaming for field operations (USDA AFRI 2025).
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Intelligent Logistics & Transportation
Autonomous mobility, logistics optimization, and environmental monitoring across the Field Station and beyond.
ActiveStarted 2026Cooperative Control of Connected Automated Vehicles
Reinforcement learning for decentralized cooperative control of connected automated vehicles in mixed traffic.
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Cooperative Control of Connected Automated Vehicles
Reinforcement learning for decentralized cooperative control of connected automated vehicles in mixed traffic.
The cooperative mobility pilot frames PLOT as a place to study movement, routing, connected vehicles, and edge coordination. It connects public demonstrations to logistics research rather than presenting mock live dashboard telemetry.
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