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ALTHOUGH SPECIALLY DESIGNED END-EFFECTORS HAVE PROVIDED PRESENT DAY ROBOTS AND TELEOPERATOR SYSTEMS WITH THE ABILITY TO DO MANY INTRICATE TASKS, TRUE MANIPULATOR DEXTERITY WILL ONLY COME THROUGH THE USE OF MULTI-FINGERED ANTHROPOMORPHIC MECHANICAL HANDS. STABLE GRASPING OF IRREGULAR OBJECTS, OBJECT RECOGNITION, PRECISION ASSEMBLY, AND PERFORMANCE OF MANY INTRICATE TASKS NOW CONFINED TO HUMANS WILL ...

CONTRACTOR WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING ITS PIEZOCERAMIC CHIPS AS ACTUATORS FOR VARIABLE TWIST PROPELLERS IN UAV APPLICATIONS. THESE ACTUATORS WILL BE UTILIZED TO OPTIMIZE THE TWIST OF RIBSTIFFENED ELASTOMERIC PROPELLER BLADES ON A BLADE-ELEMENT-BY-BLADEELEMENT BASIS SO THAT EACH SEGMENT OF THE BLADE IS OPTIMIZED WITH RESPECT TO HELICAL INFLOW ANGLE INDEPENDENTLY OF EACH OTHER SEGMENT ...

CONTRACTOR WILL EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING ITS EXISTING, BUT EXPERIMENTAL LEADING-EDGE PROTECTION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE EROSION RESISTANCE FOR INEXPENSIVE UAV PROPELLERS. THE EXISTING SYSTEM UTILIZES ELASTOMERIC URETHANES CONFIGURED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THICK COATING THEORY. THE SYSTEM WILL BE THOROUGHLY TESTED, RATIONALIZED, AND DOCUMENTED; AND ITS ADAPTABILITY TO PRODUCTI ...

IDENTIFY CANDIDATE OPERATIONS IN LEAD STYPHNATE WASHING AND PROPORTIONING OPERATIONS TO WHICH ROBOTICS MAY BE APPLIED. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE REMOVAL OF PERSONNEL FROM HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS; IMPROVED SAFETY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ROBOTICS SUITABLE FOR HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND RANK OPERATIONS; DEVELOP DESIGN CONCEPTS USING COMMERCIAL ROBOTS (OFF-THE-SHELF OR MODIFIED); EXAMINE SAFETY C ...

BIPOLAR BATTERIES CAN, IN PRINCIPLE, YIELD ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER SPECIFIC POWER THAN CONVENTIONAL, PARALLEL PLATE BATTERIES. SUCH BATTERIES BEGIN TO HAVE PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO CAPACITORS AND COULD POSSIBLY BE USED TO REPLACE CAPACITOR FOR SOME APPLICATIONS. BATTERY PERFORMANCE OF BETWEEN 5 AND 2 A/CM2 AT 1.0 V CELL POTENTIAL FOR A TIME PERIOD OF 500 MICROSECONDS WITH ELECTROD ...

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SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE (STM) TECHNOLOGY OFFERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FABRICATE VERY SMALL INTEGRATED SENSORS THAT EXHIBIT HIGH SENSITIVITY, AS PROTOTYPES AT GOVERNMENT AND UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LABS HAVE DEMONSTRATED. CONTEMPORARY HYDROPHONES, WHICH TYPICALLY USE PIEZOELECTRIC OR FERROELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS, HOLD THE PROSPECTS FOR HAVING BOTH THEIR LOW-END FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND THEIR SENSITIVITIE ...

IN THE COURSE OF THEIR WORK IN MICROSENSORS, MICROACTUATORS, AND ROBOTICS, SRC AND ITS ASSOCIATES HAVE DEVELOPED A NUMBER OF UNIQUE FIELD-BASED SENSORS UTILIZING FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (FETS). BECAUSE THESE SENSORS EXHIBIT HIGH SENSITIVITY AND EXCELLENT LOW FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND AFFORD THE POSSIBILITY OF DIGITAL OUTPUT SIGNALS, THEY OFFER ADVANTAGES OVER CONVENTIONAL PIEZOELECTRIC OR FERROELECT ...

ENZYMES HAVE BEEN USED IN INDUSTRY, FOR ANALYTICAL PURPOSES AND IN MEDICINE SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. THE LOW CONCENTRATION OF ENZYMES WHICH ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED BY WILD STRAINS, HOWEVER, WAS A CONSIDERABLE HINDRANCE FOR NEW RESEARCH AND APPLICATION UNTIL RECENT ADVANCES IN FERMENTATION CONDITIONS, GENETICS AND IMMOBILIZATION PROCESSES. THESE BREAKTHROUGHS HAVE ALLOWED THE ENZYME TECHNOLOGY ...