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A DIRECT TRANSFORMATION FROM IMAGE COORDINATES TO ROBOT JOINT COORDINATES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR A BINARY VISION SYSTEM FOR SIX DEGREE OF FREEDOM ROBOT CONTROL. A SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHM WILL ENABLE THE SYSTEM TO BE USED AS A TURN-KEY SYSTEM WITH ANY ROBOT WHICH ACCEPTS JOINT COORDINATE INPUT. THE DIRECT TRANSFORMATION FROM IMAGE SPACE TO ROBOT JOINT SPACE WILL BE ACCO ...

A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A REAL-TIME CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) DISPLAY WITHOUT THE USE OF SPECIAL GLASSES OR DISPLAY CRT ISPROPOSED. THIS SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE A PROCESS WHICH MAKES INNOVATIVE USE OF ASPECTS OF VISUAL PERCEPTION AND IS IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT FOR MOTION PICTURES. PHASE I WILL PRODUCE A REAL-TIME DEMONSTRATION OF THE PROCESS ON A COMPUTER-DRIVEN CRT AND MAKE AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE TO SH ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROJECT TO DEVELOP AND EXAMINE A CFD NUMERICAL SOLUTION ALGORITHM FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL EULER/NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS THAT DOES NOT RELY ON A WELL-STRUCTURED, BODY-FITTED COORDINATE SYSTEM FOR ROBUSTNESS. THE SPECIFIC APPLICATION IS FOR REALISTIC CONFIGURATION AERODYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF HIGH SPEED MIXED SUPERSONIC FLOWS AT LARGE REYNOLDS NUMBER. A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS F ...

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AS NASA EXPANDS ITS SPACE CONSTRUCTION AND SATELLITE SERVICING ACTIVITIES, THE NEED FOR MACHINES THAT CAN PERFORM HUMAN MANIPULATION WITHOUT THE ACTUAL PRESENCE OF ANASTRONAUT WILL BECOME NECESSARY. A RANGE OF MANIPULATION TASKS HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON EARTH WITH THE USE OF TELEOPERATED MANIPULATORS. THESE MANIPULATORS HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH COMPLEX TWO ARMED MANIPULATION TA ...

PERFORM A STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A SENSOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN PROGRAM THROUGH THE INTEGRATION AND FUSION OF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE APPLICATION PROGRAMS. THE ADVENT AND POPULARITY OF THE PERSONAL COMPUTER HAS INHANCED THE NEED FOR USER FRIENDLY, EASILY ACCESSED APPLICATION PROGRAMS. THIS STUDY APPROACHES THE APPLICATIONPROGRAM FROM THE VIEW POINT OF PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL ...

DNA microarray technology, in combination with statistical and predictive modeling tools, could be used to evaluate thousands of genes against distinct gene expression patterns induced by chemical/biological agents to provide early identification and speed therapeutic intervention. The overall objective of this Phase II effort is to leverage existing public domain resources and commercial tools t ...

Various technologies available to space system designers that operate at different voltage levels. It is, however, important to interface, maintain, and update these systems. For example, the Sun Earth Connection (SEC) missions are likely to have a variety of experiments needing to be accomplished with a single nanosatellite. A rad-hard reconfigurable bi-directional level shifters would allow th ...

This proposed project will attempt to develop a data analysis system for structural health monitoring on space structures. The data analysis software will be a key component in space vehicle health management system and can be used to in vehicle life prediction. The sensor data analysis algorithm is aimed at providing a modeling and simulation tool for data collected from a network of distribute ...