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A MULTI-AXIS GYROSTATIC PICKOFF SENSOR AND INTELLIGENT SERVOMECHANISM FOR REAL-TIME MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE CONTROL

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 220
Amount: $379,674.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1984
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 5525
Little Rock, AR 72215
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
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Business Contact
 Dr. Keith Jones
Phone: (501) 224-5915
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS NEW INNOVATIONS IN GYROSCOPIC CONTROL MECHANISMS, INCLUDING BOTH ATTITUDE AND RATE GYROS. AN OPPORTUNITY EXISTS WHEREBY STATE-OF-THE-ART IN AUTOPILOT AND ATTITUDE DETERMINATION ON GYROSCOPIC CONTROL TECHNOLOGY CAN BE COMBINED WITH METHODS OF MODELING HUMAN BIOMECHANICS AND PSYCHOMOTOR PROCESSES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AVAILABLE METHODS OF MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE. SUCH BIO-GYROSCOPIC CONTROL SERVOMECHANISMS CAN BE USED FOR TRAINING AND REFINEMENT OF FINE MOTOR SKILLS; SUPPORTING LIMBS IN UNCOMFORTABLE POSITIONS FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME WITHOUT FATIGUE AND WITHOUT DEGRADATION IN PERFORMANCE OF FINE MOTOR MOVEMENT; IMPROVED INTERFACE TO ROBOTIC AND BIONIC EXTENSIONS OF HUMANLIMBS; RECOVERY AND TEMPORARY CORRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIR ORSPACE CRAFT UNTIL AUTO-PILOTS CAN BE ACTIVATED FOLLOWING A PILOT INJURY; AS A NON-RESTRICTIVE SUPPORT FOR BROKEN OR DAMAGED LIMBS; AND FOR USE IN BETTER MODELING OF HUMAN FACTORS FOR BETTER DESIGN OF MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE CONTROLS.

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