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Omnitech Robotics, Inc. (ORI) was founded in 1985 to manufacture servo motion controller boards for personal computers. SBIR proposals for vehicle robotics solutions to the USMC, US Army and NASA proved successful, enabling rapid development and application of the Standardized Teleoperation System and the fourth-generation Standardized Robotic System technology. ORI has earned international recognition for robotic vehicle controls operating in high-risk environments, such as minefield clearing in Bosnia and Kosovo. ORI continues to expand its product portfolio of robotic components, systems and applications, applying award-winning technical capability for successful applications in commercial and military markets.
The military has many dull, dangerous and dirty missions that are suitable for automation with unmanned vehicle systems. Over the last decade, the Department of Defense has encouraged the use of unmanned vehicles in many combat or environmentally hazardous situations. The Standardized Teleoperation System (STS), the core product of Omnitech Robotics, Inc. (ORI), is an appliqué kit of robotic controls used to convert any vehicle into an unmanned ground vehicle, or robot. Unmanned operation greatly reduces risk to the operator, who still has control of the vehicle and its payloads via teleoperation or semi-autonomous control. The STS Operator Control Unit emulates the vehicle controls and instruments with audio and video feedback from the vehicle.
The STS was originally developed for the US Marine Corps, and the US Army through the Unmanned Ground Vehicle/Systems Joint Program Office. The STS has been installed on over 70 vehicles, including tanks, tractors, HMMWVs, forklifts, all-terrain vehicles and FCS prototypes, for unmanned operation in hazardous areas. Most applications of STS have been for minefield proofing and countermine operations. In addition to the STS system, Omnitech also sells innovative robotic components like a 190-degree field of view fisheye lens enabling compact hemispherical imaging, and a two pound reconnaissance robot called TOUGHBOT which is being used in Iraq.
David W. Parish
Omnitech Robotics International LLC
2630 S. Raritan Circle
Englewood, CO 80110
Phone: (303) 922-7773
Email: dparish@omnitech.com
Website: http://www.omnitech.com