Summary
Brookhaven National Laboratory (a DOE national laboratory) posted a pre‑solicitation seeking a vendor to develop a vision‑guided automation platform integrated with a digital twin and robotic simulation framework to enable autonomous spectroscopy experiments. The scope includes deploying stereo camera systems, building 3D perception pipelines and a digital twin of robotic kinematics/workspace, creating a robotic simulation environment, and implementing pre‑execution trajectory evaluation (collision prediction, reachability, clearance, singularity checks). The posting anticipates RFQ‑447848, expects a single award, estimates a 12‑month project duration, and lists an anticipated award date around 2026‑09‑01.