This project is a technical study of a distributed robot control system. the sensory processing portion of thecontroller will be studied in detail with attention being focused on industrial and mobile telerobotic applications in the nuclear power industry. a three diminsional machine vision system… More

This proposal describes a project to develop an instrument which measures and displays the relative motion of structural components of a thrust stand and turbine engine. the objectives of this study are to define the measurement problem constraints, design a methodology for making the measurements,… More

The proposed project is the design of a novel manipulation system which can control contacts with objects along all surfaces of its links. this whole-arm manipulation (wam) system is capable of grasping and manipulating a varied set of objects far larger than the set which may be manipulated by a… More

Safe operation of the experimental compact ignition tokamak (cit) being constructed at the princeton plasma laboratory requires integrity of the first wall surfaces. the graphite tiles lining the interior of the torus may crack, delaminate, or break completely off. rather than manually inspecting… More

Current teleoperated systems are limited by mechanical-manipulator technology and the operator's ability to perceive the work environment remotely. detailedobservations of interactions between a manipulator and the environment beyond video monitoring and direct viewing will increase remote system… More