Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicle System with Full Joint Level Control
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of Agriculture
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000 to $499,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 333111 Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Beltsville, MD
- Forecast number
- 46730
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Agriculture is seeking a quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system designed to function as an autonomous robotic inspection platform for agricultural environments. This new requirement calls for a system capable of autonomous navigation, real-time field data collection and analysis, and onboard high-performance computing to support ground truthing operations in produce fields for detecting food safety risks such as animal intrusion and fecal contamination. Key requirements include onboard autonomy capabilities, a hot-swappable spare battery system, and support for user-added sensing payloads to validate autonomous inspection technologies and support AI model development. The solicitation is estimated to be released on June 1, 2026, with an estimated award date of March 31, 2026.
The estimated award value ranges from $250,000 to $499,000, with a basic exercised value of $393,222, and will be awarded as a purchase order through full and open competition. Performance of the work will take place in Beltsville, Maryland. Nicole McKenzie, Contracting Officer at the United States Department of Agriculture, serves as the primary point of contact for this opportunity and can be reached at nicole.mckenzie@usda.gov.
Forecast text
The unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) system is a quadrupedal robotic inspection platform with autonomous navigation imaging capability and onboard high performance computing for real time field data collection and analysis in agricultural environments. It will serve as a ground truthing agent in produce fields to detect food safety risks such as animal intrusion and fecal contamination support AI model development and validate autonomous inspection technologies. The platform should include onboard autonomy a hot swappable spare battery and support for user added sensing payloads.
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