The Collier Report of U.S. Government Contracting

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

• $99,426 - Thursday the 21st of June 2012
  Department Of Army
  W6QK ACC-RSA
  DARPA STTR PHASE I EFFORT ENTITLED, "DESIGN OF ROBOT-OPERATOR INTERACTION FOR DISASTER SITUATIONS".

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• $695,299 - Monday the 25th of August 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - AUTOMATION AND AUTONOMY TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS AUTOMATED PLANNING SOFTWARE, ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN REALIZING THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION. HOWEVER, THE MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCK TO REALIZING THE WIDESPREAD USE OF AUTOMATION TOOLS FOR OPERATIONS IS CAPTURING AND MAINTAINING THE DOMAIN MODELS -- THE OBJECT TYPES AND SUBTYPES, RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THEM AND OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS -- NEEDED TO SUPPORT SUCH TECHNIQUES. OUR SUCCESS IN PHASE 1 SHOWED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS (SMES) TO AUTHOR ISS MODEL INFORMATION TO PRODUCE A CONSISTENT MODEL USEFUL FOR PLANNING, SCHEDULING AND PROCEDURE EXECUTION. IN THIS PHASE 2 PROPOSAL WE AIM TO FULLY DEVELOP THE AUTHORING AND DATA INTEGRATION PORTIONS OF OUR DESIGN AND TO INTEGRATE THE RESULTING MODELS WITH OUR INTERACTIVE PLANNING AID FOR FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. THE BENEFITS FOR NASA OPERATIONS ARE THAT THE RESULTING MODELING FRAMEWORK WILL 1) MAKE AVAILABLE A CONSISTENT DOMAIN MODEL THAT NEED NOT BE REPRODUCED FOR EACH AUTOMATION PROJECT, UNIFY THE OFTEN DISPARATE SOURCES OF EVA AND CORE SYSTEMS INFORMATION, PROVIDE FOR RAPID UPDATE OF ISS CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, THUS ALLOWING AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS TO PROVIDE RESULTS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT DATA, PROVIDE A CONSISTENT VIEW OF THE DOMAIN SO AS TO MINIMIZE ERROR IN AUTHORING PROCEDURAL DATA.

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• $50,000 - Tuesday the 8th of July 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PROPOSED INNOVATION IS A HYBRID SIMULATION MODULE TO REPLACE THE CURRENT "BEHAVIORAL SIM" IN JSC'S PREDICTIVE INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE (PIGI). PIGI HELPS AN OPERATOR COMPENSATE FOR LUNAR-SCALE TIME DELAY, AND IS PART OF NASA'S "RAPID WORKBENCH". THE BEHAVIORAL SIM ACTS AS AN ORACLE, TAKING INITIAL CONDITIONS AND A SEQUENCE OF COMMANDS AND PRODUCING TRAJECTORIES AND EXPECTED FINAL LOCATION OF THE ROBOT. WE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE FUNCTIONALITY TO EXTEND PIGI TO MANIPULATION ACTIVITIES. THIS INCLUDES MODELING THE ROBOT'S MANIPULATION AND PERCEPTION CAPABILITIES AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. WE WILL USE NASA'S R2 ROBOT OPERATING ON ISS AS OUR TEST CASE.

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• $50,000 - Monday the 10th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FUTURE NASA EXPLORATION MISSIONS WILL RELY ON REMOTE OPERATION OF ROBOTS. AS HUMAN EXPLORERS MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM EARTH, ROBOTIC PRECURSORS WILL SCOUT DESTINATIONS AND ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS WILL PERFORM TASKS TO REDUCE ASTRONAUT RISK AND WORKLOAD. 3D VISUALIZATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF HOW HUMANS WILL INTERACT WITH ROBOTS FOR THESE MISSIONS. WHEN THE OPERATOR ENGAGES A ROBOT USING VISUALIZATION, THERE IS A RISK THAT HE OR SHE WILL BECOME TOO FOCUSED ON WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROBOT AND WILL NOT BE AWARE OF OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT ARE NOT APPARENT IN THE FIELD OF VIEW. THIS RISK ONLY INCREASES WHEN OPERATIONS INVOLVE MULTIPLE ROBOTS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT THE USER DOES NOT MISS IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT DO NOT MANIFEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROBOT. TRACLABS, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU), AND STINGER GHAFFARIAN TECHNOLOGIES (SGT) PROPOSE TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE FOR NOTIFYING USERS OF 3D VISUALIZATION ABOUT IMPORTANT NOTICES WITHOUT DISTRACTING USERS UNNECESSARILY OR ADDING TO THE VISUAL CLUTTER AROUND THE ROBOT AVATAR. THIS SOFTWARE WILL MONITOR EVENTS FROM THE ROBOT OR USER, IDENTIFY WHICH EVENTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE USER'S ATTENTION, AND ALERT USERS IN THE 3D PANE. THE APPEARANCE OF ALERTS IS ALTERED TO SHIFT A USER'S ATTENTION TO NEW NOTICES BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF THE NOTICE SPECIFIC TO THE USER. THUS THE SAME NOTICE MAY BE PRESENTED TO DIFFERENT USERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BECAUSE NOTICES ARE ANCHORED TO A SCREEN OVERLAY, THEY ARE VISIBLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT LOCATION THE USER IS VIEWING IN THE 3D SPACE. IN PHASE II WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS SOFTWARE AND EVALUATE ITS EFFECTIVENESS FOR NASA MISSIONS.

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• $4,994 - Thursday the 27th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  SBIR PHASE III: (SIMPLIFIED NON COMMERCIAL) ASSESSING HUMAN TASK PERFORMANCE WHEN PERFORMING ELECTRONIC PROCEDURES. TRACLABS WILL DEVELOP SOFTWARE TO COMPUTE MEASURES OF OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN THE HABITAT DEMONSTRATION UNIT (HDU) - DEEP SPACE HABITAT (DSH) UNDER THE AMO PROJECT.

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• $357,598 - Friday the 31st of August 2012
  Department Of Army
  W4GG HQ US ARMY TACOM
  INCREMENTAL FUNDING MOD

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• $33,782 - Saturday the 1st of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS- HUMAN ROBOT TEAM PERFORMANCE FOR SURFACE TELEROBOTICS EXPERIMENT FOR SBIR PHASE III.

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• $24,831 - Thursday the 27th of December 2012
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  AMES RESEARCH CENTER
  IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTIONS SBIR PHASE III: (SIMPLIFIED NON COMMERCIAL) ASSESSING HUMAN TASK PERFORMANCE WHEN PERFORMING ELECTRONIC PROCEDURES. TRACLABS WILL DEVELOP SOFTWARE TO COMPUTE MEASURES OF OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS FOR EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN THE HABITAT DEMONSTRATION UNIT (HDU) - DEEP SPACE HABITAT (DSH) UNDER THE AMO PROJECT.

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• $224,475 - Monday the 10th of March 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  FUTURE NASA EXPLORATION MISSIONS WILL RELY ON REMOTE OPERATION OF ROBOTS. AS HUMAN EXPLORERS MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM EARTH, ROBOTIC PRECURSORS WILL SCOUT DESTINATIONS AND ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS WILL PERFORM TASKS TO REDUCE ASTRONAUT RISK AND WORKLOAD. 3D VISUALIZATION IS A KEY COMPONENT OF HOW HUMANS WILL INTERACT WITH ROBOTS FOR THESE MISSIONS. WHEN THE OPERATOR ENGAGES A ROBOT USING VISUALIZATION, THERE IS A RISK THAT HE OR SHE WILL BECOME TOO FOCUSED ON WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROBOT AND WILL NOT BE AWARE OF OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT ARE NOT APPARENT IN THE FIELD OF VIEW. THIS RISK ONLY INCREASES WHEN OPERATIONS INVOLVE MULTIPLE ROBOTS. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT THE USER DOES NOT MISS IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT DO NOT MANIFEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE ROBOT. TRACLABS, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (CMU), AND STINGER GHAFFARIAN TECHNOLOGIES (SGT) PROPOSE TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE FOR NOTIFYING USERS OF 3D VISUALIZATION ABOUT IMPORTANT NOTICES WITHOUT DISTRACTING USERS UNNECESSARILY OR ADDING TO THE VISUAL CLUTTER AROUND THE ROBOT AVATAR. THIS SOFTWARE WILL MONITOR EVENTS FROM THE ROBOT OR USER, IDENTIFY WHICH EVENTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE USER'S ATTENTION, AND ALERT USERS IN THE 3D PANE. THE APPEARANCE OF ALERTS IS ALTERED TO SHIFT A USER'S ATTENTION TO NEW NOTICES BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE AND URGENCY OF THE NOTICE SPECIFIC TO THE USER. THUS THE SAME NOTICE MAY BE PRESENTED TO DIFFERENT USERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BECAUSE NOTICES ARE ANCHORED TO A SCREEN OVERLAY, THEY ARE VISIBLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT LOCATION THE USER IS VIEWING IN THE 3D SPACE. IN PHASE II WE WILL IMPLEMENT THIS SOFTWARE AND EVALUATE ITS EFFECTIVENESS FOR NASA MISSIONS.

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• $200,000 - Tuesday the 8th of July 2014
  National Aeronautics And Space Administration
  NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
  THE PROPOSED INNOVATION IS A HYBRID SIMULATION MODULE TO REPLACE THE CURRENT "BEHAVIORAL SIM" IN JSC'S PREDICTIVE INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL INTERFACE (PIGI). PIGI HELPS AN OPERATOR COMPENSATE FOR LUNAR-SCALE TIME DELAY, AND IS PART OF NASA'S "RAPID WORKBENCH". THE BEHAVIORAL SIM ACTS AS AN ORACLE, TAKING INITIAL CONDITIONS AND A SEQUENCE OF COMMANDS AND PRODUCING TRAJECTORIES AND EXPECTED FINAL LOCATION OF THE ROBOT. WE PROPOSE TO PROVIDE FUNCTIONALITY TO EXTEND PIGI TO MANIPULATION ACTIVITIES. THIS INCLUDES MODELING THE ROBOT'S MANIPULATION AND PERCEPTION CAPABILITIES AND ITS ENVIRONMENT. WE WILL USE NASA'S R2 ROBOT OPERATING ON ISS AS OUR TEST CASE.

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