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DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED SWITCHES AND SWITCHING SYSTEMS IS CRITICAL TO MEET THE THROUGHPUT AND INTERCONNECTIVITY NEEDS OF EFFICIENT HIGH AND LOW-DATA-RATE FMD AND TDM COMMUNICATION AMONG A LARGE NETWORK. IN A TYPICAL SCENARIO DATA FROM MANY PROCESSORS AND SENSORS MUST BE TRANSMITTED AND ROUTED AT TREMENDOUS RATES FOR EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING. THE LARGE TIME BANDWIDTH OF THE DATA EMANATING FROM C ...

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DISCLOSED IN THIS PROPOSAL ARE PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A PATENT PENDING WRIST MODULE WITH COMPUTER CONTROL, CONFIGURABLE TO FORM HIGH-DEXTERITY TELEROBOTIC ARMS FOR SPACE STATION CONSTRUCTION, SATELLITE MAINTENANCE, INTERPLANETARY EXPLORATION, WALKING ROBOTS, AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS. TELEROBOTIC ARMS REPLACE OR ASSIST ASTRONAUTS IN THE HAZARDOUS TASK OF EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY. FIRST DISCLOSEDAT THE NAS ...

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THE SPACE STATION ERA PROMISES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH BASIC SCIENCE AND COMMERCIAL UTILIZATION OF SELF-RENEWING ANIMAL COLONIES IN SPACE. NEVERTHELESS, CURRENT LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS DO NOT EXIST FOR MATING AND THE FULL LIFE CYCLE. WEPROPOSE TO ANALYZE, DESIGN, AND TEST A VARIETY OF SMALL SCALE BREEDING FACILITIES FOR RODENTS AND AMPHIBIANS. OUR APPROACH WILL BE BASED ON PROVISION OF ECOLOGICAL FEAT ...

MOST LASER SCANNING SYSTEMS ARE MECHANICAL, UTILIZING A MOTOR TO ROTATE A PRISM, MIRROR, OR HOLOGRAPHIC GRATING. SUCH MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE OR RELATIVELY LARGE SIZE AND MASS. THERE IS A NEED FOR A SOLID STATE SCANNING DEVICE WHICH WOULD OFFER BENEFITS OF REDUCED SIZE AND MASS, NO MOVING PARTS, IMPROVED RELIABILITY, LOW COSTS, AND LOW POWERREQUIREMENT. WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP AN INTEGRATED OPTICS (I ...

RECENT TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGIES HAVE LED TO SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF SIZE, WEIGHT, EFFICIENCY AND POWER QUALITY OF THE POWER CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT WHICH IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS. WITH THESE ADVANCEMENTS COMES AN ABUNDANCE OF DESIGN CHOICES AND INCREASED DEGREES OF FREEDOM WITH RESPECT TO POWER SYSTEM CONTR ...

ONE PROMISING APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERALIZED MODELS OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IS COMPOSITION OF MODELS FROM COMPONENT MODEL MODULES. IN THIS APPROACH, MODELS OF INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS ARE DEVELOPED AND SUBSEQUENTLY LINKED INTO A MODEL BY MODEL COMPOSITION SOFTWARE. AN INTEGRATED SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS THIS TECHNOLOGY BY MANAGING A MODELBASE OF MODEL MODULES PROVIDING FOR TH ...

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