SBIR/STTR Research Award
uSMET: A Versatile Robot for On- and On-road Applications
Award amount
$111,275Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- M-VISION INC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-10-08
- Contract end date
- 2021-10-20
- UEI
- HB7FJ7DQRE53
- Solicitation number
- 20.2
- Topic code
- A20-132
Research abstract
In response to ARMY SBIR topic A20-132, M-Vision is proposing an unmanned robot, called uSMET, which: will adapt its shape to suit the terrain, physical space, and payload; can be carried by as well as carry a soldier; will operate in both on- and off-road environments; and can travel at the speed of a bicycle. This versatile platform can be used in a number of dismounted soldier applications. In Phase I, M-Vision will design and prototype a minimum viable product (MVP) version of uSMET. The MVP will be further enhanced during Phase I Option. Using feedback from end-users and other stakeholders, in Phase II, M-Vision will sequentially revise this MVP, resulting in a series of prototypes that will ultimately result in a full-scale version of the robot that meets the Army’s specifications in the topic.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- A System for Automated Reduciton of MPEG-1 Encoded Facial Videos
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- A Computational Model of Human Perception - Application to Target Detection
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2021). Reported award amounts total $1,061,211. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Transportation