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Semi-Autonomous Manipulator Control Using 2D and 3D Scene Recognition

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A2-4366 		Solicitation Year:
2009 		Solicitation Topic Code:
A09-187 		Solicitation Number:
2009.3
Small Business Information
Autonomous Solutions, Inc.
990 North 8000 West Petersboro, UT -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Semi-Autonomous Manipulator Control Using 2D and 3D Scene Recognition
Agency: DOD
Contract: W56HZV-11-C-0200
Award Amount: $729,806.00
 

Abstract:

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has teamed with Johns Hopkins Universitys Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR) to continue its Phase I development of autonomous manipulation and grasping behaviors for robotic manipulators. The team will continue the Phase I effort to engineer a system which will: Rely primarily on low-cost and ubiquitous monocular vision to allow for positioning of a robotic end effector to a point of interest identified by a user, Use computationally light grasp planning algorithms to grasp objects of interest, Use structure-from-motion algorithms to enable path planning and obstacle avoidance as well as to generate 3D points on the object of interest for more robust grasping and manipulation, Use monocular vision-based techniques for scene parsing and understanding which will enable a user to: o Easily select an object of interest using verbal commands, o Preview and easily adjust the robots intended grasp plan, o Invoke manipulation behaviors (such as pick-and-place and use of tools) based on a database of recognized objects.

Principal Investigator:

Matt Berkemeier
Senior Control Engineer
(435) 755-2980
matt.berkemeier@autonomoussolutions.com

Business Contact:

Chris Brown
Business Development Mana
(435) 755-2980
chris.brown@autonomoussolutions.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Autonomous Solutions, Inc.
990 North 8000 West Petersboro, UT -

EIN/Tax ID: 870662067
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No