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Army SBIR Success Stories Commercialization Brochure |
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| About the Technology: |
 Digital Biomechanics™ is the first physics-based human simulation to model equipment on soldiers engaged in actual tasks, from walking, running, and crawling to completing a virtual obstacle course. This
technology uses robot-control technology and physics-based models to provide human simulation that obey the same laws of locomotion, balance, and loading as real people do in the physical world.
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Military and Commercial Significance: |
| Researchers at the U.S. Army’s Research Institute for Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) and Natick Soldier Center is using Digital Biomechanics™ to improve the design process for helmets, body armor,
backpacks, and other warrior equipment. It is used to assess the impact of prototype designs on soldier performance before building physical mock-ups and testing on live soldiers, thereby shortening design/
test cycles and reducing design costs and risk to personnel. |
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Digital Biomechanics™ is currently used
by a variety of customers, both military
and commercial. Sony Corporation is using
Digital Biomechanics™ to engineer
advanced behavior in its humanoid
entertainment robots. Sarcos Corporation
is relying on Digital Biomechanics™ to
design and analyze an advanced robotic
exoskeleton being funded by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency. |
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| Industry Contact: |
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Government Contact: |
Boston Dynamics
515 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02139
E-Mail: playter@bdi.com
Telephone: (617) 868-5600
Ext: 35
Country: USA
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U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center
Natick, MA 01760-5015
Telephone: (508) 233-4928
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