Procurement Summary
Country : USA
Summary : Mobile Manipulator System
Deadline : 01 May 2025
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 117898805
Document Ref. No. : AMDTCSSN2501464
Financier : Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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PURPOSEThe purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research and identify potential sources of commercial products/services that satisfy the Government-s anticipated needs. BACKGROUNDThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) works on the development of quantitative standard test and evaluation methods for mobile manipulators in manufacturing environments. Prior to standards development, NIST develops the test protocol, executes the test methods, and provides results to the standards development community comprised of industry, academia, and government.
The NIST Mobility Performance of Robotic Systems project, within the Engineering Laboratory (EL) at NIST, developed one of the first mobile manipulator prototypes, which served as the foundation for subsequent prototype development. Since then, the industry has begun to market and sell integrated mobile manipulator systems. Acquiring a new integrated robot is crucial for conducting experiments and developing a technologically relevant metrology framework to establish the "reproducibility" of NIST-developed apparatuses, test procedures, and the validation of standard test methods. Additionally, to remain globally competitive, it is essential to develop standardized test methods that ensure proper benchmarking of robot capabilities.
An advanced, versatile, reconfigurable open-source mobile manipulator capable of navigating in both indoor and outdoor environments will ground NIST-s quantitative test and standards development. NIST will be researching novel metrics, test apparatuses, integration of sensors, and test procedures to evaluate the autonomous onboard sensing, simultaneous localization and mapping, multi-robot collaboration capabilities. In addition, this requirement will provide for enhanced communications with stakeholders, including the general public during tours, using hands-on demonstrations of state-of-the-science remote robot capabilities within r...
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Notice ID : AMDTCSSN2501464
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Department/Ind. Agency : COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier : NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Office: DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST
General Information
Contract Opportunity Type: Sources Sought (Original)
Original Published Date: Apr 17, 2025 12:59 pm EDT
Original Response Date: May 01, 2025 12:00 pm EDT
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: May 16, 2025
Initiative: None
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Product Service Code: 6640 - LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
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