SBIR/STTR Research Award

Electromechanical Vibratory Tactile Stimulation

Award identifier 6c4d3e49153163f90932c1ffaeaefd64c8014fec1e8a0e534965bbb141d98497Awarding agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Award amount

$70,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1994

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Award details

Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
Orbital Technologies Corporation
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
XESXD6N437K9
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
Not reported

Research abstract

ORBITEC proposes to develop an innovative Electromechanical Vibratory Tactile Stimulation (EVTS) system that will provide intuitive tactile, force, and torque feedback. The need for this type of feedback is growing, as manipulators become more dextrous, and more complex tasks are to be carried out by teleoperators. EVTS consists of several vibratory electromechanical stimulators combined into one structure, and miniaturizing the structure and electromagnets. The geometrical placement of stimulators plays an important part in the capability of EVTS to provide comfortable intuitive feedback. The number of stimulators allows for different "patterns", "vectors", and "levels" of stimulation possible. This innovative approach will provide NASA with a safe, durable, and effective form of feedback to human operators. This technology has the potential to become a reliable commercial source for effective, and intuitive, form of a tactile, force and torque feedback system.

Technology keywords

Not reported

Other awards by this recipient

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Research funding history

216 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2014). Reported award amounts total $56,646,148. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

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

Agency intelligence

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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