SBIR/STTR Research Award
Prehensor for one atmosphere diving suit
Award amount
$79,926Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- VISHWA ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2013-07-01
- Contract end date
- 2014-04-30
- UEI
- GDMSLKP1HLW6
- Solicitation number
- 2013.A
- Topic code
- N13A-T010
Research abstract
Current atmospheric diving suits and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have end effectors with simply 1 DOF. This rudimentary manipulation results in excessive time spent working a problem underwater, development of task specific tools that can be operated by the pliers or acceptance that a specific job simply can't be accomplished. Vishwa Robotics proposes a teleoperated, anthropomorphic end effector that mimics the dexterity of a human hand that would provide significant benefit to the underwater industry by expanding the range of operations a diver in an atmospheric suit, or a pilot of an ROV can accomplish.
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.
- DROP IN REPLACEMENT OF TOROIDAL PROPELLERS FOR TORPEDO AND UUV (UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES)
- GAJJAR INNOVATIVE SUBMARINE ESCAPE SUIT (GISES)
- GAJJAR INNOVATIVE SUBMARINE ESCAPE SUIT
- ADVANCED NON-ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
- ADVANCED NON ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
14 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $5,065,658. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense