Dexterous Robotic Hand

Direct award

Request for tender:

Description of goods/services

Dexterous Robotic Hand

Requirements specifications of goods/services

The purchase must include the following products/commitments/services:

Dexterous Robotic Hand with

- At least 3 Fingers (The best option is with 5 fingers).

- Torque-Controlled Joints, with controllers which can be modified and/or replaced with some other arbitrarily designed control algorithms.

- All joints of the fingers can be controlled separately.

- Ease of Use. For example, the Specialty Hardware needed to use the robot should not be extremely limiting.

- Necessary hardware facilities, for example, various connection interfaces.

- Necessary software facilities, for example necessary API to use the camera with some well-known frameworks like ROS, MATLAB, etc.

- Either its own Tactile Sensors (which can be repaired/replaced) on the fingertips or possibility to fit/attach other famous brands of the sensors to the fingertips.

- Capable of holding at least 1.0kg

Robotic Hans with the all the hardware and software necessary to operate it, including power supplies, connections to a computer, and control software packages, if any privileged software is needed to operate the hardware.

Price

Price shall be submitted in SEK excluding VAT and include all related costs requested in this request for tender.

Maximum price is 300 000 SEK excluding VAT.

Agreement terms

The supplier must accept all agreement terms.

Tender submission

The tender must be received no later than May 24th, 2022 

The tender shall be valid until June 30th, 2022

Evaluation of tenders

Description of the criteria that will be assessed (in the prioritized order):

1. The overall performance and quality of the proposed equipment

2. Price

3. Delivery time; to be stated by the supplier, but not longer than 20 days from order.

Confidentiality and the freedom of information principle

After the procurement has been terminated the principle of public access to official records applies. This means that all documents related to the procurement process become public and may be disclosed to anyone who requests access to them. Exceptions may only be made if there is any specific reason to believe that the Tenderer may suffer damage if the information is disclosed.

If you have information that you feel is of such nature, your tender shall include precise details of which information should remain confidential, and how you would suffer damage in case of the public disclosure of this information. Chalmers will evaluate your request and determine whether confidentiality in accordance with Swedish law may be deemed to apply.