SBIR/STTR Research Award

Automated Shipboard Build-up of Customized Pallet Loads

Award identifier 778d5887f9c73b6debb27000a32002dadfd107ec8c9c5bf0a941651f9b80589cAwarding agency Department of Defense · Navy

Award amount

$100,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2010

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Recipient company: VECNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Proposal award date: 2010-05-10
Contract end date: 2011-03-09
UEI: DRVPK616LSR4
Solicitation number: 2010.1
Topic code: N101-091

Research abstract

Currently the assembly of pallets by sailors asea and ashore is a time consuming process that requires additional space and materials, which are both at a premium on deployed ships. We proposed a small mobile hydraulic palletizing system that will minimize the need for personnel and increase accuracy in assembling customized pallets. Using pattern recognition and 3D pose estimation combined with information in Navy item catalogs, the system identifies the contents of a source package and its orientation and then places the package onto a destination pallet according to palletizing optimization algorithms that make the best use of available space. The system makes use of the high power density of hydraulics to provide increased strength in a smaller platform as opposed to other solutions.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

55 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2020). Reported award amounts total $27,387,925. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Agriculture