Legged mobile robot, capable of navigating stairs ways and oddly arranged terrain, facilitating safe traversal

Concepts

• industrial robots
• glasgow
• mobile robot
• stairs ways
• terrain
• safe traversal
• negotiated procedure
• university
• prior publication
• provisions of regulation 33.1.b.ii of the prevailing legislation

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Description

The University intends to award a contract under the negotiated procedure without prior publication under the provisions of regulation 33.1.b.ii of the prevailing legislation.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 42997300 - Industrial robots

Legal Justification

The equipment to be procured must be a legged mobile robot, capable of navigating stairs ways and oddly arranged terrain, facilitating safe traversal. The identified system is evidenced to have a unique capability, as evidenced by the following patents: US9259838 - Systems and Methods for Ground Plane Estimation, US9804600 - Systems and Methods for Ground Plane Estimation, US9499219 - Touch-down Sensing for Robotic Devices, US9908240 - Ground Plane Compensation and US10528051 – Auto-height swing adjustment. The system must also be able to navigate complex terrain and negotiate this terrain. The identified system is understood to be uniquely capable as evidenced by the following patents: US9586316 - Determination of Robotic Step Path, US10081104 - Determination of Robotic Step Path, US10239208 - Determination of Robotic Step Path and US10456916 – Determination of robotic step path. We requires a legged robot AMR capable of adjusting to variations in the environment and the path is takes. This should include ability to content with slips, trips, and other associated aspects of a dynamic environment. The identified system is considered to have unique capability as per patents US9387588 and US9789611). The system has evidential capability in terms of recovering from slips and trips, in addition to identification of issues likely to indicate a slip, etc. Relevant patents related to this uniqueness are documented, below: US9925667 - Continuous Slip Recovery, US9618937 - Slip Detection using Robotic Limbs, US9387896 - Slip Avoidance, US9663165 - Slip Avoidance, US9926025 - Slip Avoidance, US9387588 - Handling Gait Disturbances with Asynchronous Timing and US9789611 - Handling Gait Disturbances with Asynchronous Timing. The system must be support being affixed with a manipulator arm and potentially other dynamic loads. The identified system has been demonstrated to be capable of operating with such dynamic loads successfully, as indicated by the following patents: US10252427 – Flat gripper actuator and US10351189 – Whole body manipulation on a legged robot using dynamic balance.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The University intends to enter into a contract on 1st March 2021. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=644022. (SC Ref:644022)