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A Near Autonomous Combat Casualty Extraction Robotic System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W81XWH-11-C-0007
Agency Tracking Number: A10A-028-0471
Amount: $99,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A10A-T028
Solicitation Number: 2010.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-10-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-05-31
Small Business Information
82 Guggins Lane
Boxborough, MA 01719
United States
DUNS: 807676395
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 John Hu
 President
 (978) 239-3203
 jjh@hstartech.com
Business Contact
 John Hu
Title: President
Phone: (978) 239-3203
Email: jjh@hstartech.com
Research Institution
 Georgia Institute of Technology
 Charlie Kemp
 
Room 220F, Health Robotics Lab 828 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30332
United States

 (404) 385-8192
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Hstar proposes a near autonomous combat casualty extraction robot (c2Exbot) system that: 1) supports autonomous dexterous manipulation, safe patient lifting and near autonomous navigation control, 2) utilizes a supervisory telepresence operation mechanism, 3) provides near autonomous patient diagnosis, injury assessment and emergency treatment, and d) provides semi-autonomous patient monitoring and enroute care. The proposed c2Exbot system will be designed and developed by integrating the aforementioned functional components onto Hstar’s existing teleoperational combat casualty extraction robotic system called cRoNA (Combat Robotic Nurse Assistant). The proposed system has several components. Our primary innovation in c2Exbot includes a humanoid mobile dexterous robotic manipulation system that can run in near autonomous and supervisory telepresence operation mode. We will leverage the cRoNA system technologies available at Hstar. The state of art c2Exbot will be equipped with autonomous navigation control, patient lifting and extraction functions. It will also incorporate the industry standard JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems) protocols for integration with networked command and control systems.

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