# CoSTAR
**Entity class:** Person
**Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
## Definition
**CoSTAR** is a person. CoSTAR was expanded as [[wiki/Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots|Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots]]. [[wiki/Ali Agha|Ali Agha]] led **CoSTAR**. CoSTAR is associated with [[wiki/JPL|JPL]]. The entry centers on this person's documented work, affiliations, and institutional roles, separating those facts from the activities of collaborators and organizations around them.
## Relationships
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This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], and [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.
### Key Relationships
- **CoSTAR** was expanded as [[wiki/Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots|Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots]].
- [[wiki/Ali Agha|Ali Agha]] led **CoSTAR**.
- **CoSTAR** is associated with [[wiki/JPL|JPL]].
- **CoSTAR** is associated with [[wiki/MIT|MIT]].
- **CoSTAR** is associated with [[wiki/Caltech|Caltech]].
- **CoSTAR** is associated with [[wiki/KAIST|KAIST]].
- **CoSTAR** is associated with [[wiki/Luleå University of Technology|Luleå University of Technology]].
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## Research Edges
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#### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10
**Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
**Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]
#### Outgoing typed edges
- **Edge 350 — `expanded_as` → [[wiki/Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots|Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
- **Edge 351 — `included` → [[wiki/JPL|JPL]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
- **Edge 352 — `included` → [[wiki/MIT|MIT]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
- **Edge 353 — `included` → [[wiki/Caltech|Caltech]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
- **Edge 354 — `included` → [[wiki/KAIST|KAIST]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
- **Edge 355 — `included` → [[wiki/Luleå University of Technology|Luleå University of Technology]]** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
#### Incoming typed edges
- **Edge 349 — [[wiki/Ali Agha|Ali Agha]] `led` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
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#### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10
**Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
**Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]
#### Outgoing typed edges
- **Edge 456 — `expanded_as` → [[wiki/Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots|Collaborative SubTerranean Autonomous Resilient Robots]]** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `FIELDAI_TEAM`.
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