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THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF USING A CLUSTER CONTROLLER AND OFF-LINE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM FOR A CLUSTER OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS, PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS AND VISION SYSTEMS IN A FACTORY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOW VOLUME ASSEMBLY. THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE INVESTIGATED: 1. USE FLEXIBLE TOOLING/GRIPPERS/HANDS FOR ASSEMBLY TASKS USING ROBOT 2. USE OF IEEE 8 ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN GENERIC EXPERT SYSTEM WHICH WOULD BE USED TO DEVELOP EXPERT SYSTEMS TAILORED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION. ANALYTICS HAS DEVELOPED AN ADVANCED, PRODUCT-ORIENTED CONCEPT FOR BUILDING, TESTINGS, AND EXECUTING AI APPLICATION SYSTEMS CALLED NINA. THE NINA CONCEPT SUPPORTS THE DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EXECUTION OF A WIDE ...

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ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART MUNITIONS IS THE DESIGN OF SIMPLE, RELIABLE ROLL (OR ROLL RATE) SENSORS. ROLL SENSORS NOW IN USE ARE USUALLY COMPLEX, EXPENSIVE, LARGE AND/OR HEAVY. THE ELECTRO-OPTICAL ROLL SENSOR PROPOSED IN THIS SBIR PROJECT ATTEMPTS TO OVERCOME THESE SHORTCOMINGS BY UTILIZING THE INHERENT SIZE, POWER, PERFORMANCE AND WEIGHT ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY ...

IT IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE UTILITY OF INTRACELLULAR FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR CONTROL OF FERMENTATION AND CELL CULTURE BY CORRECTING ON-LINE FOR BACKGROUND FLUORESCENCE OF THE MEDIA. THIS WILL USE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVANESCENT WAVE AT THE SURFACE OF AN OPTIC WAVE GUIDE. THE WAVE PENETRATES INTO THE LESS DENSE MEDIUM ONLY TO ABOUT THE DEPTH OF 1/3 TO 1/2 WAVE LENGTH. THE THICKNESS O ...

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URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY DRAINAGE CATHETERS ARE A SIGNIFICANT CLINICAL PROBLEM RESULTING IN A PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY AND AN INCREASED MORTALITY RISK. THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO DETERMINE IF SURFACE MODIFICATION OF THE CATHETER WILL INHIBIT BACTERIAL MIGRATION. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT BACTERIAL FIVE DIFFERENT SURFACE TREATMENT ...

A TREATMENT OF HYDROPHILIC POLY(HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE) CONTACT LENSES TO MINIMIZE IRREVERSIBLE PROTEIN ADSORPTION WILL BE TESTED. PROTEIN ADSORPTION ON LENSES NOT ONLY LEADS TO CLOUDING AND OPACITIES, BUT ALSO INDUCES WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN IMMUNE RESPONSE IN THE WEARER. THIS RESPONSE IS OBSERVED IN THE EARLY STAGES TO INCLUDE INCREASED MUCUS PRODUCTION, MILD ITCHING, DECREASED LENS TOLERANCE A ...