Salient Characteristics.docx

Salient Characteristics

Commercial Availability Certification:

I have evaluated the commercial marketplace and determined that all of the salient characteristics documented below are available in products/services offered in the commercial marketplace.

Signature (typed name): To be Announced After Contract Award Technical Point of Contact (TPOC)

The Contractor shall provide unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) platforms that can be used for edge AI optimization research in accordance with the below minimum requirements of the Government stated below:

1. Shall provide one (1) Jackal J100 Robotic Research Platform and shall include:

a. On-Board Computer, WiFi and Bluetooth (BT), Wireless (BT) Game Controller, Global Positioning System (GPS), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Lithium-Ion Battery, Battery Charger, Sensor Mounting Plates, 17 kilogram (kg) mass, 20 kg max payload, 508 x 430 x 250 millimeter (mm) overall dimensions, 2 meters per second (m/s) (7.2 kilometers per hour (km/h)) max speed, -20 degrees Celsius (°C) to 45 °C operating temperature, designed to IP62.

b. User 5 Volts (V) at 5 Amperes (A) (25Watts (W)) + 12V at 10A (120W) regulated and fused power + VBat ~24-29V at 20A fused unregulated and Robot Operating System (ROS) software preinstalled.

2. Shall provide one (1) Jackal Computer - Mini-ITX Single board and shall include:

a. Intel Core i3-9100TE quad-core processor, 250 Gigabyte (GB) Solid State Drive (SSD), 16GB DDR4 Random Access Memory (RAM). Ethernet. USB 3.0. RS232 serial communication interface, Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 3.0 x16 expansion slot. Integrated Intel 9260 Next Generation Wireless (NGW) WiFi and Bluetooth card.

3. Shall provide one (1) Jackal Computer - Upgraded Mini-ITX and shall include:

a. Upgrades to the standard Jackal computer to include an Intel i7-9700TE 8-core processor; Increases RAM to 32GB DDR4; SSD capacity of 250GB; connectivity shall include ethernet. USB 3.0. RS232. PCIe 3.0 x16 expansion slot. Integrated Intel 9260NGW Wi-Fi + Bluetooth card.

4. Shall provide one (1) Computer - Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 4060 Upgrade and shall include:

a. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Overclocked (OC) Low Profile 8GB GDDR6 graphics card. 8GB GDDR6 memory configuration, 3072 CUDA Cores, 128-bit memory interface width, Ada Lovelace NVIDIA architecture, 8.9 CUDA capability. Shall include system integration and mounting. Requires Mini-ITX to be installed.

5. Shall include one(1) OutdoorNav - Navigation Software Package

6. Shall provide one (1) Movella Xsens Vision Navigator (XVN) Kit on Jackal (OutdoorNav compatible) and shall include:

a. The XVN positioning sensor is a vision and dual multi-band Global Navigation Satellite System / Inertial Navigation System (GNSS/INS) enabled navigation module. The device shall feature an embedded camera and IMU. The onboard sensor fusion engine shall output position, velocity, acceleration and orientation.

7. Shall include one(1) UGV WiFi and Cellular Radio

8. Shall provide one (1) Luxonis Oak-D Pro W Power over Ethernet (PoE) Depth Sensor

9. Shall provide one(1) Jackal J100™ Spares Kit – with the following components

a. Two(2) - 4 Amperes (A) fuses, Two(2) 5A fuse, Two(2) 7.5A fuse, Two(2) 15A fuse, and spare connectors

10. Shall include Three-year comprehensive support

a. Shall include two (2) year warranty extension (three years total warranty coverage)

b. Warranty shall cover parts, workmanship, and labor. Priority access to Clearpath Customer Success Network & Product Support Team and shall provide 48 hour response to inquiries. Coverage shall apply to UGV base only.

The Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) UGV platforms shall meet the following minimum requirements:

1. Shall possess a robust design capable of operating outdoors in wooded and urban areas, including dirt and gravel roads and primitive trails;

2. Shall be wheeled rather than tracked configuration.

3. Shall possess a battery capacity capable of providing at least one (1) hour of continuous movement in the terrain types detailed in (a) referenced above;

4. Shall have an “open architecture” (defined as having published and available system architecture and interface protocol) to support interfacing with developed control software through the Robot Operating System (ROS) framework;

5. Shall possess a modular or otherwise flexible physical design, such as mounting rails and/or a payload tub, in order to permit the integration of Network Cyber And Computational Science Division (NCCSD)-designed processing payload and sensor suites to the robot chassis;

6. Shall be a complete system that is operable without additional low-level engineering integration effort;

7. Shall carry out autonomous tactical missions with real-time computation and real-time object recognition.

8. Shall provide semi-autonomous and autonomous operation modes

9. Shall weigh no more than 150 pounds(Ibs) fully loaded; and

10. Shall be non-International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) -restricted.

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