HelpMate Robotics announces $597,000 NASA contract.DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 1996--J.F. Engelberger, chairman of HelpMate help·mate n. A helper and companion, especially a spouse. [Probably alteration of helpmeet (influenced by mate1). Robotics Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :HELPU HELPU How Eliminating Limited Perceptions Unifies Us , HELP, HELPW1; PSE PSE 1. pale soft exudative pork. 2. portosystemic encephalopathy. :HLP) announced receipt of a Phase II SBIR SBIR Small Business Innovation Research (program/grant) SBIR Space Based Infra-Red SBIR Speaker-Boundary Interference SBIR Site Backsurface-referenced Ideal Plane/Range (silicon wafers) (Small Business Innovation Research) award from NASA. The title of the project is "Two Armed, Mobile, Sensate sen·sate or sen·sat·ed adj. 1. Perceived by a sense or the senses. 2. Having physical sensation. , Research Robot." The amount of the award is $597,000. The prototype robot will be used by NASA for terrestrial experiments that anticipate space utilization of robotics. HRI's long range objective is to utilize the research robot as a basis for developing a Robotic Care Giver addressed to extending independent living for cognitive but mobility impaired elderly people. The research robot will embody much of HRI's current technology such as the autonomous navigation capability of the HelpMate(R) courier robot, the LightRanger(TM), LIDAR scanner, and BiSight(TM), its stereo vision system. HelpMate Robotics Inc. designs, manufactures and markets proprietary autonomous robot systems primarily for use by the institutional health care industry in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Europe. The company's flagship product, HelpMate, is an intelligent, self-navigating, battery-operated robot that can travel throughout a facility without fixed tracks or guide wires. CONTACT: HelpMate Robotics Inc., Danbury Thomas K. Sweeney, 203/798-8988 or Forte Communications Inc., New York Patricia Meding, 212/785-6300 (phone) 212/785-6205 (fax) CompuServe: 76702,2130 |
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