SBIR/STTR Research Award
A New Generation of Actuators for Robotic Systems
Award amount
$99,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-05-22
- Contract end date
- 2013-12-22
- UEI
- TE4JC4WHGQF5
- Solicitation number
- 2012.3
- Topic code
- A123-112
Research abstract
KCF in partnership with Penn State will evaluate and demonstrate a new generation of intrinsically safe robotic actuators built up from micro-actuator module units. The technical approach is based on state-of-the art prosthetic development where the human-mechanism interface is the primary focus. Two competing force delivery technologies will be prototyped and evaluated in the Phase I project, electroactive polymer actuation units and magneto-rheological fluid micro-hydraulic valves with flexible matrix composite actuation units.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Noninvasive Hydration Monitor for Challenging Environments
- Integrated Constant Speed Drive Input Shaft Monitor
- SmartDiagnostics and Prognostics for Navy Aircraft Asset Management
- Sustained Maintenance Planning Software
- Smart-Tether-Based Automated Hull Grooming
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
47 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2019). Reported award amounts total $15,636,762. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation