SBIR/STTR Research Award
Retractable Robotic Anchor for Hard Rock and Granular Soils
Award amount
$749,682Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- PROTOINNOVATIONS, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-04-06
- Contract end date
- 2019-04-05
- UEI
- GER9RWM82EL1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- H6.01
Research abstract
ProtoInnovations, LLC, is developing an innovative retractable robotic anchor that works in hard rock and granular soils permitting anchoring and subsequent repositioning of a lander, rover, or other equipment. Our primary goal is to support a number of mission targets to Mars, the Moon, and asteroids. This technology would be particularly useful for missions involving extreme terrain mobility, small body/microgravity mobility, and forceful interaction between a planetary surface system and its environment (e.g. drilling, digging, etc.) These missions are all ranked as High Priorities in NASA's Robotics, Tele-robotics, and Autonomous Systems Roadmap Technology Area 04 (April 2012).
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Modular Software Architecture and Algorithms for Fast and Efficient Lunar Mobility (M-SAFE)
- Set Partitioning Framework for Identifying LRUs with Built-In Diagnostics
- Set Partitioning Framework for Identifying LRUs with Built-In Diagnostics
- A Software Framework for Advancing Perception Capabilities for Rovers Operating in Harsh Lunar Environments
- Modular Software Architecture and Algorithms for Fast and Efficient Lunar Mobility (M-SAFE)
Awards with the same topic code
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- Upper Body Addendum to Proposal S2-0328
- Modular Advanced Networked Telerobotic Interface System (MANTIS)
- The Stinger: A Geotechnical Sensing Package for Robotic Scouting on a Small Planetary Rover
- Flexible Integrated System Health Management for Sustainable Habitats using TEAMS
Research funding history
28 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2025). Reported award amounts total $18,727,641. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense