SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY: Control and Tracking for Tethered Airborne Vehicles (LAR-TOPS-40)
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2024 11:13:56 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 927110
— Space Research and Technology
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- T2P-LaRC-00051
- Response Due
- 4/26/2025 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/11/2025
- Point of Contact
- Langley Research Center
- E-Mail Address
-
LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov
(LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov)
- Description
- NASA�s Technology Transfer Program solicits inquiries from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology.� License rights may be issued on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis and may include specific fields of use.��NASA provides no funding in conjunction with these potential licenses. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA's Langley Research Center has designed a conceptual hardware and software control system to track the flight of kite-like tethered vehicles.� The control system consists of a pan-tilt platform and a visible-spectrum digital camera, combined with tracking control software running on a standard PC.� The system controls the flight of the vehicle to keep its position on a Figure-8 trajectory, maximizing velocity (but within limits).� NASA demonstrated the control system and pre-beta software and is seeking development partners to make it more robust and user-friendly by testing in real world systems. The technology of the system controls and tracks the flight of tethered vehicles. Comprised of a camera, load cells, encoders, an anemometer, and software, the tracking system is based on digital photo analysis.� The system tracks where the kite is 30 times every second.� The controller makes an adjustment to the tether winch to keep the kite in the controlled trajectory to maximize high velocities without exceeding the limits of the hardware.� The design consists of two tethers (each with its own servo motor) and a pan-tilt unit to extend the field of view of the camera. NASA has flown a conceptual scaled system.� A video of the demo is available on the website (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCfw1B2XGQc).� The system software is considered to be at the pre-beta stage. To express interest in this opportunity, please submit a license application through NASA�s Automated Technology Licensing Application System (ATLAS) by visiting https://technology.nasa.gov/patent/LAR-TOPS-40 If you have any questions, please contact Langley Research Center at LARC-DL-technologygateway@mail.nasa.gov with the title of this Technology Transfer Opportunity as listed in this beta.SAM.gov notice and your preferred contact information.� For more information about licensing other NASA-developed technologies, please visit the NASA Technology Transfer Portal at https://technology.nasa.gov/ These responses are provided to members of NASA�s Technology Transfer Program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of NASA-developed technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities.��No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
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- Record
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