Otherlab's project, "Advanced Inertial and Kinetic energy recovery through Intelligent (co)-Design Optimization (AIKIDO)," has been awarded $2.6 million by the ATLANTIS program. The team includes Saul Griffith, James McBride, and Peter Lynn and will develop a new architecture for wind systems based on compliant materials, energy-generating structural surfaces, and advanced control systems that overcome the need for stiff, expensive materials by actively controlling how the system interacts with the environment.
ATLANTIS projects will develop new technologies for floating, offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) using the discipline of control co-design (CCD). Since 2009, ARPA-E has funded over 400 potentially transformational energy technology projects.
Otherlab is not a university, nor is it a federally funded or national lab, which puts it in a unique position. We have, however, partnered with both universities and national labs. We are known for being both inventive and effective, as evidenced by three companies growing out of ARPA-E funding and ARPA-E seeing the value in that research to the point of awarding follow-on funding for each. As well as being pioneers in new energy technologies, we are well known for our pioneering work in soft robotics, soft exoskeletons, and advanced manufacturing. Otherlab typically has 25–50 people on its payroll, and at any one time may have as many as 200–500 people employed by the various companies that have spun out.
Excerpt from full submitted testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives, Energy Subcommittee, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Tuesday, February 26, 2019.
Our own Carly Mick, Senior Manufacturing Manager at Kestrel, is the featured guest discussing the world of soft goods, avatar outfits, and textiles manufacturing on episode 3 of The Edge Podcast by Bantam Tools.
GreenBiz is hosting the Verge 19 Conference and Expo in October. Otherlab will be presenting on the topics of US energy consumption and the path to decarbonization. We'll have a large scale (possibly interactive) Sankey Diagram on hand. Oct 22-24th, 2019 in Oakland, CA
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