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3D Printable Small Robot to Assist in Bomb Disposal

We seek a novel concept bomb squad robot. The goal is a "marsupial" robot, which is carried by a typical bomb squad robot and can be placed inside a vehicle suspected of harboring an explosive.

Department of Defense

Total Cash Prizes Offered: $50,000
Type of Challenge: Creative (design & multimedia)
Submission Start: 08/29/2014 04:00 AM ET
Submission End: 11/27/2014 05:00 AM ET

This challenge is externally hosted.

You can view the challenge details here: https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/9933547

Description

Bomb squads are usually limited to purchasing expensive commercially manufactured robots that are limited in utility by functions requiring minimal maintenance, but provide common functionality. For innovation to increase and maintenance costs to lower, bomb squads need the ability to fabricate their own robots or replacement parts quickly and efficiently, or produce unique end-effectors or platform components for bomb disposal peculiar operations, all at low cost.