SBIR/STTR Research Award
Autonomous Soft Robot for Locomotion in Granular Seabed Media
Award amount
$246,350Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- EMERGINGDX INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-15
- Contract end date
- 2025-08-25
- UEI
- C1LMYC2AY934
- Solicitation number
- 24.A
- Topic code
- N24A-T017
Research abstract
EmergingDx Inc in collaboration with its academic and industrial collaborators will develop a novel concept for untethered autonomous bioinspired soft robot capable of untethered, autonomous locomotion within granular media in shallow sea-floor environments. The robot will be able to operate with an onboard power source and control system that can permit up to 2 hours of movement and 72 hours of stationary sensing. The robot will be capable of movement within submerged sand up to a depth within 1 meter of the sand surface, and horizontal movement up to 10 meters, on a single battery charge. .
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.
- Autonomous Soft Robot for Locomotion in Granular Seabed Media
- Rapid, Automated, Multiplexed Omics Platform
- Integrated Multiplexed Low-Cost Diagnostic Platform for Rapid Microbial Identification
- Multiplexed Diagnostic Platform for Invasive Fungal Infection
- Rapid, Automated, Multiplexed Omics Platform
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- SEABOTIX: Seabed Autonomous Bot for Offshore Terrain Investigations and eXploration
- Soft Electro-hydraulically Actuated Worm (SEA-Worm) Robot for Rapid Locomotion in Granular Media
- Soft Extending Autonomous Robot for Clearing Hazards (SEARCH)
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2025). Reported award amounts total $6,696,877. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture