MEDICAL SWARM ROBOTICS FOR EXTRACTION AND LIFE-SAVING INTERVENTIONS
STTR Opportunity Analysis
DARPA, under the Department of Defense STTR topic DPA26TZ01-NV001, is seeking small robotic swarm technologies for autonomous battlefield medical assistance and life-saving interventions. The work calls for self-deploying, wound-assessing, swarm-capable robots that can support casualty movement, limb stabilization, hemorrhage control, or medication delivery, with Phase I focused on proving feasibility of the core subcomponents and Phase II on a ruggedized integrated prototype. Proposals must show at least two capabilities, including one extraction function and one treatment function, and Phase II demonstrations are to be performed in operationally relevant environments using perfused cadavers, animal models, or high-fidelity medical training phantoms while also addressing commercialization, FDA planning, and manufacturing scale-up. The solicitation is open, and applications are due June 3, 2026 at 16:00 UTC.