Sarcos Secures Usaf Ai/ml Contract

Sarcos Defense, a subsidiary of Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation, has been awarded a $13.8 million contract from Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, GA. The contract will support the development, integration, and validation of Sarcos’ artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) software framework, the AI Computational Service, for success-based reinforcement learning in the Sarcos Guardian line of robotic systems. The goal of the Sarcos AI Computational Service is to enable robots to learn from experience using a success-based learning approach, allowing them to understand their environment, exhibit reasonable behavior in unforeseen situations, and quickly acquire new skills from new experiences. The contract will span a period of four years, during which Sarcos will continue to advance its software technology to benefit the Department of the Air Force.