KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: KCF in partnership with Penn State will evaluate and demonstrate a new generation of intri
KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,980
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2012.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2013-05-22 → 2013-12-22
Description
KCF in partnership with Penn State will evaluate and demonstrate a new generation of intrinsically safe robotic actuators built up from micro-actuator module units. The technical approach is based on state-of-the art prosthetic development where the human-mechanism interface is the primary focus. Two competing force delivery technologies will be prototyped and evaluated in the Phase I project, electroactive polymer actuation units and magneto-rheological fluid micro-hydraulic valves with flexible matrix composite actuation units.