A Technology Enclave Creating Software-Enabled Hardware Systems
In a technological world dominated by software, there is a need for teams that can understand and build physical electronic systems. The Deft team has refined our skills to build electronic and mechanical systems and businesses that support them. We start each day ready to learn and grow so that we can tackle complex projects, effortlessly. Currently we are devoting our full effort to Tocaro Blue Proteus.
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Godspeed Team Athletic Performance Timing Gates
Godspeed has a breakthrough business method for team athletic training: prescribing athletes the best exercises to help them develop strength and skills in their sport. Not satisfied with existing solutions, they have developed a timing gate hardware for athletic performance tests. This hardware is built on the philosophy that simple and reliable hardware can improve…
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Pixel-to-Pose Estimator for Robot Control
Robotic manipulation in unstructured environments relies heavily on visual information for context. Images from color (RGB) cameras provide rich environmental data at low cost. Recently, deep learning has proven to be a powerful tool for extracting features from images and using these features to estimate the class and location of objects in the image. However,…
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APEX Pro Patent Granted
APEX Pro was granted patent US Patent #11,232,716 for “Performance Coaching Apparatus and Method”. This patent teaches: An apparatus for coaching improvements for a performer during a performance activity based on observed actual performance in comparison to a possible performance, with sensors measuring performance criteria. A microprocessor computer creates respective pseudo-measurements relevant to the performance…
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Gentle Machine Company
Gentle Machine Company was founded as a vehicle to pursue dexterous household robotics using the Deft Dexapod platform. When “robots” become ubiquitous household appliances, no one is going to call them robots anymore, and thanks to Hollywood “robot” implies a hazardous machine to many people – we’re getting ahead of that problem by accurately calling…
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Linear System Dynamics App
The SISO Calculator app by Deft Dynamics is available for free on the iOS App Store. We built this app so that any engineer can gain an intuitive sense for System Dynamics and Controls. Education is always evolving to become more effective. Sometimes, teaching methods develop painfully slowly. This is especially true in technical arts…
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Moxie World Indoor Asset Tracking
MoxieWORLD is a comprehensive solution for tracking the movement and activity of assets – from overhead cranes, to human assets, MoxieWORLD collects, stores, analyzes and displays this data in both real-time and over trailing periods, with an overhead mapped view of your floor layout. The app shows color traces by speed, hours of usage, direction…
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Moxie IoT Wins Launchpad (Made in Alabama)
The founders of MOXIE, which specializes in cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for industrial companies, say the Birmingham startup is preparing for growth after securing funding in an Alabama Launchpad competition. MOXIE earned a $100,000 seed-stage award in Launchpad’s recent 2020 Cycle 2 contest, sponsored by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA). The…
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ETRAK Phoenix – Golf Performance Wearable
ETRAK is a compact wearable device which integrates a 10-axis IMU (accel, gyro, mag, and pressure) to provide accurate trajectory tracking. The company has created this technology to help measure and improve golf swing performance, allowing users to set baselines for repeatability, power, and other metrics, then compare performance to these baselines over time or…
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LED Aircraft Navigation Lights
How many discrete PCB components does it take to turn on a light bulb? If that bulb is an LED on a modern aircraft, it turns out the answer is dozens! Meeting the stringent DO-160G standards requires operating under a wide range of inputs, protection against reverse polarity and pulses, and careful EMI consideration. Deft…
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Smart Material Fabrics
NiTi smart materials are manufactured in bulk as wire. The wire drawing process is a great contributor to creating the bulk motion in the SMA for actuators. Also, for historic reasons including medical uses, NiTi wire is significantly more accessible than other forms of the materials. Deft Dynamics modified traditional weaving equipment and discovered an…
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