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DISTRIBUTED VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 18438
Amount: $250,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2425 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburg, PA 15222
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Alan D. Berger
 (412) 765-3064
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

REDZONE ROBOTICS, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED, HIGHLY-INTEGRATED, SINGLE-BOARD VEHICLE CONTROLLER IN RESPONSE TO DOD SBIR SOLICITATION 91.2 TOPIC A91-102. THE PROPOSED CONTROLLER WILL INTEGRATE THE ELECTRONICS NECESSARY TO CONTROL AN AUTOMATED OR SEMI-AUTOMATED VEHICLE ON A SINGLE 6U VME BOARD, WITH AN UPGRADE PATH TO MEET THE SAVA STANDARD. THIS BOARD WILL SIMPLIFY THE TASK OF AUTOMATING EXISTING VEHICLES BY PROVIDING A COMMON PLATFORM FROM WHICH MANY DEVELOPERS CAN WORK. IN ADDITION, A HIGHLY ENGINEERED AND MASS PRODUCED BOARD WILL LOWER DEVELOPMENT TIME AND COST OF NEW REMOTE VEHICLES AND STANDARDIZE VEHICLE SOFTWARE ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS. APPLICATIONS FOR THE SINGLE BOARD CONTROLLER INCLUDE RECONNAISSANCE, DECOY DEPLOYMENT, MINE DETECTION AND REMOVAL, AND ROBOTIC CONVOYING. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL RESULT IN VERIFIED SOFTWARE ALGORITHM DESIGNS AND HARDWARE SCHEMATICS AT THE END OF PHASE I, DEMONSTRATED AND REFINED PROTOTYPES AT THE END OF PHASE II, AND A COMMERCAIALLY MARKETED PRODUCT AT THE END OF PHASE III.

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