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TWO MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS TO THE EFFECTIVE USE OF ROBOTICS ARE 1) THE DIFFICULTY IN DEVELOPING ROBUST, ADAPTIVE, GOAL-DIRECTED BEHAVIOR BASED ON SENSORY INTERACTIVE CONTROL AND 2) THE DIFFICULTY IN REPROGRAMMING A ROBOTIC SYSTEM TO CARRY OUT NEW TASKS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO DEVELOP A HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEM MERGING TRAINABLE NEURAL NETWORK MODULES WITH A WELL-STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE BASED CONTRO ...

DYNAMICS MODELING IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DESIGN, ANALYSIS, SIMULATION, AND CONTROL OF ROBOTIC AND OTHER COMPUTER CONTROLLED MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. THE FORMULATION OF A MODEL AND THE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED ON THE COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMSDIFFER FROM ONE APPLICATION TO THE OTHER. TODAY, ACCURATE MODELING CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY HAVING A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICS OF THE SYSTEM IN ADDITION TO PERF ...

DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SOLID-STATE DIRECTION-INDICATING APPARATUS, WITH TILT-IMMUNITY, THAT PROVIDES AN AUDIBLE OR TACTILE INTERFACE WITH THE USER. REDUCED SIZE TO ALLOW ENCAPSULATION IN A TYPICAL WALKING CANE. A DEVICE WILL BE DESIGNED THAT WILL PROVIDE A VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON WITH AN INDICATION OF HORIZONTAL DIRECTION, WITH RESPECT TO THE EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD. THE DEVICE WILLALSO SIGNAL ...

IN THE PROPOSED STUDY, THE CANONICAL VARIATE ANALYSIS (CVA) METHOD OF SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION IS EVALUATED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES.CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ALGORITHMS FOR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL ARE NOT COMPLETELY RELIABLE FOR AUTOMATIC IMPLEMENTATION ON MICROCOMPUTERS IN REAL TIME. IN THE CVA APPROACH, THE ALGORITHMS ARE COMPUTATIONALLY STABLE A ...

IN SEPTEMBER 1989, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY ISSUEDA REPORT FUNDED BY CONGRESS CALLED, "THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: WHERE DO WE STAND?" ONE OF THEFINDINGS OF THE REPORT IS THAT THERE IS NO NATIONAL DATABASETHAT INCLUDES THE ROUTINE COLLECTION OF DATA REGARDING SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARINGS. SPECIAL EDUCATION DUE PROCESS HEARINGS ARE ADMINISTRATIVE-LEVEL ARBITRATI ...

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THE PROPOSED SBIR PHASE I EFFORT IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND EVALUATE A STOPPED-FLOW SORTING CYTOMETER. THIS SYSTEM WILLBE BASED ON CYTO FLUIDICS' PATENTED "FLUID TRANSISTOR" WHICH ALLOWS MICROFABRICATION OF FLUID CONTROL VALVES IN SIZES AND DENSITIES AT THE LIMITS OF CURRENT LITHOGRAPHIC METHODS (2 UM). IN THE PROPOSED STUDY, CFI WILL TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE ...

THE APPLICATION OF HYBRID NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES CAN HAVE ADVANTAGES OVER STOCHASTIC TIME SERIES ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND OTHER REGRESSION TECHNIQUES IN FORECASTING. THESE NONLINEAR SYSTEMS CAN EXHIBIT THE ABILITY TO REPRESENTNONLINEAR MAPPING NETWORKS, TO MANAGE MULTIVARIATE DATA, TO MANAGE TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS, AND TO FUNCTION WITHOUT THE PRIOR SELECTION OF A BASIS FUNCTION. THIS PHASE I ...

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