This is a $125,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Artimus Robotics Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of goods, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of intelligent soft actuators with self-diagnosis capabilities. Artimus Robotics specializes in soft, electric, and analog hydraulic amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) actuators, and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II base award contract (W911NF22C0024) valued at $1,100,000.00, awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Artimus Robotics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced robotic actuators. The contract is for the development of HASEL (Hydraulic Artificial Muscle) artificial muscles for use in human-scale robotics. This research and development effort is focused on creating sophisticated...
The federal contract award summarized in the information provided is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Artimus Robotics Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced actuator technologies. The contract, valued at $239,535.00, is a firm-fixed-price definitive contract focused on researching and developing Artimus Robotics' soft, electric, and analog hydraulic amplified self-healing electrostatic (HASEL) actuators for...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Energid Technologies Corporation, a for-profit organization, to develop actuator and gripper modules with control and simulation software for building mechanisms to attach to free-flying robots. The $124,991.00 firm-fixed-price contract will leverage Energid's existing hardware and software to reduce weight and improve performance, enabling novel modes of...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Energid Technologies Corporation, a small business based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The $124,990 contract is for Energid to develop a lightweight, kinematically redundant robot arm and software toolkit to extend the capabilities of Assistive Free-Flyers (AFFs), which are robotic platforms used in microgravity environments. The new arm will leverage...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Army to Elysium Robotics LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The $249,916.94 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of "muscle-like actuators for Army applications, including massive robotic deployment." The contract was awarded under the 2012.3 SBIR program solicitation, which sought proposals from small, high-tech firms for R&D projects with both...
This is a $124,994.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Rocket Studios, LLC, a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a "HIERARCHICAL STATE MACHINE VISUALIZATION IN MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEM", which likely involves software to support visualization and control of multiple robotic systems. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract with a completion date...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Apptronik Inc., doing business as Apptronik System Inc. The contract, valued at $123,420.00, seeks to develop a new type of robotic actuation technology called Viscoelastic Liquid Cooled Actuation (VLCA) to improve the energy efficiency, power density, and mechanical robustness of articulated robots and exoskeletons for space applications,...
Altius Space Machines, Inc. was awarded a $124,947.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of a lightweight, low-cost, passive "dogtag" robotic interface that can be attached to various habitat structures and objects to enable robots to effectively outfit, maintain, and perform logistics tasks in future human-tended deep space habitats,...
This is a $124,887.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Protoinnovations, LLC, a small business specializing in robotics and autonomous systems research and development for lunar exploration. The contract is for the research, development, and validation of an innovative retractable robotic anchoring mechanism that can work in both hard rock and granular soils,...