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TACTILE TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM FOR DEXTEROUS TELEROBOTICS

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 6831
Amount: $49,556.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
5 Claret Ash Rd
Littleton, CO 80127
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 MR STEFAN BEGEJ
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DESIGN AND FABRICATE AN INNOVATIVE FINGERTIP-SHAPED TACTILE TELEPRESENCE SYSTEM FOR DEXTEROUS TELEROBOTIC SYSTEMS. THE PRINCIPAL TASKS TO BE PERFORMED ARE: (1) DESIGN OF VARIOUS MINIATURE TACTILE STIMULATOR ELEMENTS AND EVALUATION OF THE ACTUATION STRENGTH, DISPLACEMENT MAGNITUDE, FREQUENCY RESPONSE RANGE, AND THERMAL LOADING CHARACTERISTICS, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A THIN, FINGERTIP STIMULATOR UNIT CONTAINING 35 ELEMENTS, (3) FABRICATION OF AN OPTICAL, FINGERTIP-SHAPED TACTILE SENSOR CONTAINING 35 SENSOR ELEMENTS, AND (4) CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERFACE UNIT THAT WILL COUPLE THE OPTICAL OUTPUT FROM THE TACTILE SENSOR TO THE FINGERTIP STIMULATION UNIT. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE RESULTING TACTILE STIMULATION SYSTEM WILLBE QUALITATIVELY EVALUATED USING A SIMPLE, SINGLE-FINGER TELEOPERATOR TEST DEVICE.

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