Air Force 27.1: robots that route and seat UAS wire harnesses
DAF27BZ01-DV011 is a manufacturing topic: agile, sensorized robotic installation of UAS (and similar) wire harnesses, including a retask between harness families in under eight hours.
Official notice(opens in a new tab)Facts
- Air Force
- SBIR 27.1 DAF27BZ01-DV011 — UAS wire-harness installation
- Oct 28, 12:00 PM ET
- Due Nov 25, 12:00 PM ET
- U.S. Small Businesses
- SBIR Proposal on DSIP
What they’re asking for
SBIR.gov copy expects a workcell with multimodal sensing (vision, tactile, force-torque), an autonomous software stack that ingests CAD, a retasking report for two harness families in <8 hours, a TDP, and a live-prime demonstration with insertion accuracy on the order of 0.5 mm and documented throughput/labor gains. Confirm exact metrics on DSIP.
How to respond
A proposal on DSIP after 27.1 opens. Search DAF27BZ01-DV011.
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