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Technology Transfer Licensing Opportunity: Space Suit RoboGlove (SSRG) (MSC-TOPS-80)

Description: The SSRG has been engineered to further decrease the exertion required to do complex, hand-intensive EVA tasks and reduce the risk of astronaut hand injury. Originating from its predecessors, the NASA/General Motors RoboGlove, and the later first-generation Space Suit RoboGlove, the SSRG realizes improved sensing, control, interface, and avionics capabilities. Among these improvements is the implementation of a “power steering mode”, which allows the user to position his/her fingers in an arbitrarily chosen position and receive assistance in holding that position. The SSRG retains the ability to operate like a conventional space suit glove while the actuators are unpowered. The design intent for the SSRG is to enhance a user’s ability to perform human scale work, with considerations for speed, power, durability, dexterity, and ease of operation.

Buyer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Federal · DC, US
Released: Mar 23, 2026
Closes: Feb 27, 2027(170 days left)

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Marvin L. HorneActing Assistant Administrator for Procurement

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Kelvin RuizActing Center Chief Technologist

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Kevin MurphyActing Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

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