Automatic gravity compensation system for large-size transformable constructions during deployment

Automatic Payload Deployment System

The ability to precisely emplace stand-alone payloads in hostile territory has long been on the wish list of US warfighters. This type of activity is one of the main functions of special operation forces, often conducted at great danger. Such risk can be mitigated by transitioning the manual placement of payloads over to an automated placement mechanism by the use of the Automatic Payload Deplo...

Automatic compensation system for impedance measurement

This paper deals with the realization of the four-pair terminal definition of impedance standards. A simple, though reliable, system is described that allows an automatic compensation of the voltage at the low potential port of impedance standards to be obtained. Such a system employs a commercial data acquisition board and a signal generator with adjustable-phase capability, which acts as the ...

An active Z gravity compensation system

Automatic structures for semigroup constructions

We survey results concerning automatic structures for semigroup constructions, providing references and describing the corresponding automatic structures. The constructions we consider are: free products, direct products, Rees matrix semigroups, Bruck-Reilly extensions and wreath products.

A Modular Design Approach for the Automatic Payload Deployment System

The ability to emplace stand-alone payloads in hostile territory has long been on the wish list of US warfighters. This type of activity is often conducted at great danger. We have developed a capability for automated payload placement from unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) using the Automatic Payload Deployment System (APDS) that can greatly reduce this danger. For example, payloads equipped wit...