SARCOS GROUP LC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A90-364
SARCOS GROUP LC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,485,582 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code A90-364 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,485,582
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A90-364
- Solicitation
- 1990.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- UT
- Period
- 2017-09-28 → 2018-10-28
Description
Logistics and combat support personnel must perform physically demanding operations that often involve lifting and manipulating heavy objects in environments that are often complex and austere. The availability of a lightweight, robust, wearable exoskeleton tailored to augment the ability of its user to efficiently and safely lift, push/pull, transport and manipulate loads while operating in environments where human work has the potential not only to enhance productivity and pace of operations, but also reduce the risks and incidence of debilitating musculoskeletal injuries. In this effort a new class of logistics support capable, wearable exoskeleton robots, that exploit quasi-passive actuation technology to augment human performance, while using very low power, will be developed, tested and demonstrated. The new exoskeleton - XO-Lite will recruit its quasi-passive actuators to partially compensate for the weight of the load being lifted while allowing the operator to move naturally.