Ken Ford, the co-founder of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola, will be inducted into the 2017 Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Ford is one of eight inventors being inducted and is being recognized for his contributions to robotics technology and research. This is not the first such honor for IHMC. Of the 28 members of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame four are associated with IHMC. The induction will be September 8th in Tampa.