SBIR/STTR Research Award
COLLISION AVOIDANCE
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Optima Systems Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ADVANCES IN ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY HAVE LED TO A NEED OF COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE ROBOTS. A COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM USES A MULTITUDE OF NON-CONTACT, SHORT RANGE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SENSORS INTERFACED TOGETHER TO COLLECT DISTANCE AND BEARING INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE ROBOT. PRESENTLY, NO SUITABLE DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS EXIST FOR THIS APPLICATION. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INEXPENSIVE, MODULAR, SHORT RANGE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS. THE METHOD OF MEASUREMENT INVOLVES MEASURING THE PHASE DELAY EXPERIENCED BY AN AMPLITUDE MODULATED LIGHT SOURCE AS IT TRAVELS TO AND FROM A TARGET SURFACE. THE PHASE DELAY IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE TARGET DISTANCE. THE SYSTEM IS EASILY INTERFACED TO A CENTRAL PROCESSOR AND CONTROLLER.
Technology keywords
Not reported