Purchase Order 80NSSC18P2202
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- Protoinnovations, LLC has been awarded a $3.8 million firm fixed price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research related to rover slip estimation and traction control technologies for optimal mobility in lunar environments. The Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract will support Protoinnovations' continued development of solutions to address challenges of lunar surface exploration and mobility. Work will be performed in...
- This is a $749,977 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in robotics and autonomous systems research and development. The contract is focused on developing advanced algorithms and controls to improve the safety, speed, and rough-terrain access of wheeled planetary rovers, particularly for lunar exploration. Key technologies include traction control,...
- This is a $124,835 firm fixed price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit small business limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a "Dynamically Reconfigurable Software and Mobility Architecture for Autonomous Planetary Rovers" to support NASA's Exploration Campaign goals. The work focuses on advancing perception, navigation, and intelligent...
- This is a $4,551,735.00 firm-fixed-price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of multi-platform, scalable, and modular rover flight software control algorithms and architectures for autonomous in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) excavation, transportation, and deposition...
- This is a $1,078,976 firm fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a small business limited liability company. The contract is for the development of rover slip estimation and traction control technologies to enable optimal mobility in lunar environments, under Phase III of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a total completion date of April 30, 2025. Protoinnovations, LLC is an experienced federal...
- The U.S. government has awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract worth $749,894 to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in robotics and autonomous systems research and development. The contract, set aside for small businesses, is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract supports the continued applied research, development, maturation, and validation of Protoinnovations' Dynamically...
- This is a $593,243.92 research grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit small business specializing in robotics and autonomous systems for lunar exploration. The grant is for research to understand wheel-regolith interaction under lunar gravity conditions, which directly supports the development of advanced rover technologies for lunar missions. Protoinnovations has a history of securing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business...
- This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The $849,838.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a software framework to advance perception capabilities for rovers operating in harsh lunar environments. The contract is set aside for total small business participation. Protoinnovations, LLC specializes...
- The federal contract award with ID 80NSSC19C0215 was granted to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop a Rover-Based Non-Prehensile Manipulation (RBNPM) control architecture and associated algorithms, tools, and metrics. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract, valued at $749,648.00, aims to enhance the mobile manipulation capabilities of robotic rovers by utilizing existing actuated degrees-of-freedom, such as wheel rotation or...
- This is a $849,920.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The contract is for the development of advanced robotics and autonomous systems technologies focused on lunar exploration, including software frameworks, mobility architectures, and perception capabilities for lunar rover operations. This contract is set aside...
Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, was awarded a $124,970.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The firm fixed-price contract requires Protoinnovations to research, design, develop, and validate advanced locomotion controls, rover-based non-prehensile manipulation (RNM) actions, and novel hardware/software architectures to enable rovers to alter their surrounding environment. This work aims to improve terrainability, aid scientific investigations, and accomplish construction tasks for NASA's Exploration Campaign. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Protoinnovations has previously supported NASA's Exploration Systems Development division through SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts averaging $700,000 - $800,000 to mature and validate technologies like rover slip estimation, traction control, and non-prehensile manipulation controllers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/12/19 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 9/4/18 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $125.0k | 7/12/18 |