Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. — Department of Commerce SBIR Phase I: 9.6.03
Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Commerce.
- Amount
- $119,989
- Agency
- Department of Commerce · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- 9.6.03
- Solicitation
- NOAA-OAR-OAR-TPO-2019-2005899
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2020-01-01 → 2020-06-30
Description
High resolution deep ocean mapping has historically been a cost prohibitive endeavor for all but the most well-funded governments, companies, individuals, and institutions. It is limited by the acquisition and operational costs of the assets required. Fully autonomous solutions have the potential to dramatically lower the acquisition costs and increase access to the data. One of the key missing pieces is an autonomous Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to unlock the potential of multi-domain marine autonomous systems. Our proposal seeks to address that by providing an autonomous LARS for an USV/AUV combination that also has cross platform applicability. Our solution will increase data acquisition and lower operational costs