This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Barrett Technology, LLC, supports the development of a networked system of miniature 70-watt brushless servo motor controllers. The controllers are designed to enable advanced rover locomotion and manipulation capabilities by integrating the entire encoder function within the motor's volume, reducing part count, size, power consumption, and cost. Phase I demonstrated successful integration with...
This is a $120,048.00 fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms. The contract requires Honeybee Robotics to miniaturize a heritage spaceflight motor controller using system-in-package technology to create a smaller, universal solution for controlling brushless DC, permanent magnet synchronous, and microstepping motors...
This is a $165,828 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Converter Source LLC, a small business based in Athens, Ohio. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I effort to demonstrate a "Robust Linear Motor Controller Proof-of-Principle Hardware" system. This contract supports NASA's research into advanced power conversion, control, and thermal management technologies critical for reducing size,...
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 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., a Small Business concern doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms. The $625,000.00 contract is for the design, fabrication, and testing of a breadboard resolver-to-digital converter subsystem, a breadboard motor drive subsystem, and associated control software, as well as testing of a Trident Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6)...
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...
This is a Small Business Set Aside contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in robotics and autonomous systems research and development. The $124,658.00 firm fixed price STTR Phase I contract is for research, design, development, and testing of software tools and hardware to increase the performance of planetary robots by manipulating the environment around them. The goal is to develop new planning...
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,...
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...
Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, was awarded a $124,940.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of the "Tensegrital Wheel", an innovative concept for wheeled locomotion that exploits the geometric and mechanical attributes of a tensegrity structure to enhance surface mobility and terrain adaptability. This...