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February 2019: Robot Nose has been awarded a phase I small business innovative research (SBIR) grant for the project “Additively Manufactured Z-Channel Detectors for Heavy Ion Accelerator Diagnostics.” This award was featured in the press release from the Department of Energy: https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-department-energy-announces-33-million-small-business-research-and-development-grants
August 2020: Robot Nose has received two SBIR awards from the US Department of Energy, totalling $1.4 million in nondilutive funding. Argonne National Laboratory is our partner on these awards. We are working extensively with Argonne on research and development of particle detectors for heavy-ion accelerators.
January 2021: Robot Nose has acquired an ion mobility-mass spectrometer from Ionwerks, Inc. of Houston, TX. We plan to develop this tool further to study special nuclear materials, and also to help NASA in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life.
September 2021: Robot Nose has been awarded a phase II SBIR from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for developing a new approach for rapid additive manufacturing of particle detector components. This funding award includes our close collaborators at Argonne National Laboratory.
February 2023: Argonne National Laboratory and Robot Nose are jointly working on a newly awarded phase I STTR from the DOE Office of Science to create x-ray lenses using additive manufacturing.
February 2024: Robot Nose and Argonne National Laboratory have been selected for another phase I SBIR project, titled Magnetic Field Tolerant Large Area Detectors. We continue to develop cutting edge additive manufacturing technology and are working to find a path to market for these multiple SBIR projects.