GEO-SPIDER, INCORPORATED — Department of Agriculture SBIR Phase I: Phase I of this project will seek to establish feasibility of the selective harvesting sys
GEO-SPIDER, INCORPORATED — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Agriculture.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Agriculture in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $99,023. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Amount
- $99,023
- Agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- USDA-NIFA-SBIR-003497
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- —
Description
Phase I of this project will seek to establish feasibility of the selective harvesting system for high density grove through scaled prototype testing. Our focus will be on developing a new end effector concept with an integrated hyper-redundant forearm, along with an integrated fruit detection sensory suite. This system will be integrated and tested using our most advanced image processing and visual servo control algorithms, along with our newly developed macro-positioning manipulator. Phase I prototype testing of the sub-system will be carried out using the University of Florida citrus harvesting test-bed.