SBIR/STTR Research Award

Easy-to-Use Robotic Arm for Howitzer Reloading

Award identifier e7ae85ea078ed5b5f9b1689ce469147b9388530d38f540118df0643e639b53ecAwarding agency Department of Defense · Army

Award amount

$195,128

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2021

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Army
Recipient company
Southie Autonomy Works, Inc.
Proposal award date
2020-11-02
Contract end date
2021-03-05
UEI
UMLHVJWNE971
Solicitation number
20.5
Topic code
A20-179

Research abstract

Southie Autonomy’s solution is  a novel no code, rapid method for robot instruction There is no learning curve. Training new loading configurations can happen in minutes, and the same robot can accomplish a nearly infinite multitude of tasks. Using Southie Autonomy’s full robot arm solution, Codiac, to automate the handling of ammunition, this physically intensive task will be offloaded from personnel, while ensuring a steady rapid rate of reload and firing of self-propelled howitzers. Any soldier can easily deploy Codiac within minutes, using a simple wave of The Wand (UX device) to tell the robot to load ammunition into the howitzer. No coding or programming is required and Codiac will be able to track in real-time the ammunition it takes from storage and loads into the cannon.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2021). Reported award amounts total $1,840,325. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense

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Department of Defense

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