Description
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is seeking a sources sought response for the procurement of an Axiom Optics HEGOA Table Top Motion Hexapod. The hexapod is required for the Kinetic Kill Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (KHILS) Laboratory to control the position and angular orientation of seeker sensor prototypes for real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulations. The following are the key requirements and characteristics of the hexapod:
• Travel range Tx-Ty / Tz (mm): ± 100 / ± 50
• Travel range Rx-Ry / Rz (°): ± 23 / ± 30
• Speed Tx, Ty & Tz (mm/s): ± 200
• Speed Rx, Ry & Rz (°/s): ± 50
• Acceleration Tx, Ty & Tz (mm/s²): ± 800
• Acceleration Rx, Ry & Rz (°/s²): ± 200
• Payload capacity (vertical only, kg): 50
• Position Accuracy (°): 0.005
• Resolution (°): 0.001
• Repeatability (°): 0.005
• SYM_Motion API: controlling the hexapod through a software interface other than SYM_Motion software
• UDP Acquisition + State Feedback: broadcasting at 100 Hz of the hexapod position retrieved from motors absolute encoders information
• ERTT Feature (External Real-Time Trajectory): allows the user to control the hexapod on-the-fly by means of its own real-time trajectory generator