SBIR/STTR Research Award
ExoBoot Augmentation for Air Force Stakeholders - Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need
Award amount
$49,431Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- DEPHY INC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-12-12
- Contract end date
- 2020-12-12
- UEI
- HXVWBHDYJRL6
- Solicitation number
- DoD SBIR X19.2
- Topic code
- AF193-CSO1
Research abstract
In 2014, MIT researchers (now Dephy co-founders) developed and published the first autonomous device to improve walking efficiency. Since then, Dephy’s ExoBoot system has been shown to reduce metabolic consumption, increase speed, and mitigate load carriage. User testing has confirmed that the ExoBoot is comfortable to wear, easy to don/doff and requires no training. Onboard artificial intelligence (AI) quickly adapts to each user’s unique walking patterns and feels like a normal boot when unpowered.
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.
- Accelerating Recovery after Musculoskeletal Injury
- ExoBoot Adaptations for Air Force Wildland Firefighters
- Reducing Joint Loading for Airmen Using a Dephy ExoSkeleton
- Researching ExoBoot Adaptations for Air Force Wildland Firefighters
- ExoBoot Augmentation for Air Force Stakeholders
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Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $3,057,279. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense