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title: NOK 29 million to make robots smarter
description: The EU is funding NTNU professor Ingrid Bouwer Utne’s work to make robots and autonomous systems understand situations better when there is imminent danger and give operators insight into what they are actually ‘thinking’.
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# [NOK 29 million to make robots smarter](https://oceanautonomy.no/en-us/oacnews/nok-29-million-to-make-robots-smarter)

 Written by [Lars Bugge Aarset](https://oceanautonomy.no/en-us/oacnews/author/lars-bugge-aarset) | Apr 11, 2024 10:30:05 AM

The EU is funding NTNU professor Ingrid Bouwer Utne’s work to make robots and autonomous systems understand situations better when there is imminent danger and give operators insight into what they are actually ‘thinking’.

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