Intelligent Robot/Sensor Operations System

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Intelligent Robot/Sensor Operations System
Small Business Innovation Research
Cybernet Systems Corporation
Ann Arbor, MI

• INNOVATION
• Operator controlled robotic arm supported by a
  vision location system, a tactile feedback hand
  controller, and a graphical 3-D computer
  representation
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Machine vision algorithms developed for
  3-dimensional object localization and tracking
• Algorithms developed for a CAD-based graphical
  representation of robotic arm and object field
• Completed system integration
• COMMERCIALIZATION
• Supervised autonomous factory equipment (SAFE)
  for lifting, kiting and assembly will remove
  workers from hazardous working conditions
• SAFE technology under joint development with Ford
  Motor Company, United Auto Workers, and Air
  Force/Army human engineering
• Sales have reached 550,000 per year and growing
  for systems including force reflecting and CAD
  capabilities
• Promising new market in toys and games area under
  development

Human Directed Robotic Assembly

• GOVERNMENT/ SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
• Servicing satellites in space
• Inspection and servicing of shuttle payloads
• Assembly and maintenance of space structures
• Vision capabilities have led to contracts with
  Army for missile tracking

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