IHMC

IHMC, the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, is a not-for-profit research institute affiliated with several Florida universities. Its researchers build technologies meant to extend human cognitive, physical and perceptual abilities, with work spanning artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and exoskeletons, cybersecurity, and human health and performance. Government and industry partners have included DARPA, NASA and the Navy.

The institute's main campus is in downtown Pensacola, where it opened in 1999, and it also has a branch campus in Ocala. Most of the Pensacola work is done in the Levin Center for IHMC Research, which has a robotics and exoskeleton lab that can be viewed from a second-floor observation corridor. IHMC also runs public programs such as evening lectures, Science Saturdays and a robotics camp.