The Demand Signal: Robotics

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Autonomous Mobile Manipulator Robots

Department of Health and Human Services · CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION · Solicitation · 75D30126Q79057

posted 22 July 2026 · closed 2 September 2026 · NAICS 333998 · PSC 6640 · 3 postings

Summary

The CDC is procuring two igus ReBeL EduMove autonomous mobile manipulator robots for research projects on human‑robot interaction at the NIOSH Robotics Laboratory in Morgantown, WV. The platforms will be used in a secure isolated environment to study safety, trust, and operator behavior with mobile robot arms, requiring ROS 2 compatibility and no external network connections.

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