Browsing by Subject "Androids -- Design and construction"
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(2005-12-13)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis presents the design, dynamic characterization, and implementation of a free piston compressor (FPC). The FPC is a proposed device that utilizes combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel to compress air into a high-pressure ...
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(2008-09-24)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis dissertation presents the design, modeling, simulation, fabrication, and experimental characterization and model validation of a free liquid-piston engine compressor (FLPC). The FLPC is a proposed device that utilizes ...
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(2008-04-07)Department: Electrical EngineeringAs robots become more complex it becomes necessary to create more effective methods of imparting them with knowledge. One area where complexities are apparent is in learning to manipulate. Vanderbilt University’s Intelligent ...
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(2007-09-25)Department: Electrical EngineeringInternal rehearsal is a relatively new research area allowing a robot to contemplate the consequences of its actions before they are attempted by the actuation system. This thesis focuses on integrating internal rehearsal ...
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Modeling and observer-based robust control design for energy-dense monopropellant powered actuators (2005-12-02)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis dissertation presents the development of a monopropellant-based power supply and actuation system for human scale robots that is energy and power dense with the ability to be controlled accurately at a high bandwidth. ...
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(2005-08-13)Department: Electrical EngineeringThe creation of a memory system based on that of humans is detailed for a cognitive robot. Three types of memory systems are outlined and implemented within the framework of the cognitive system being implemented for ISAC, ...