NASA SBIR SUCCESS STORY  Jet Propulsion Laboratory  
1990 Phase II 

Intelligent Robot/Sensor Operations System 

Cybernet Systems Corporation  

Ann Arbor, MI 
 

INNOVATION 
    Combined vision location system, tactile hand controller, and graphical 3-d computer representation for robot system operator
Human Directed Robotic Assembly

Human Directed Robotic Assembly

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
    • Complete system integration
COMMERCIALIZATION 
    • Technology incorporated into joysticks, $2 million annual sales under license to Immersion Corporation
    • Cybernet Systems also worked with Ford Motor Company, the United Auto Workers and the Air Force/Army Human Engineering on assembly line applications.
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE APPLICATIONS 
    • Advanced remote assembly technology for future space applications
       
       
     
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Curator: SBIR/STTR Support           6/24/06