NASA Tech Briefs’ Machinery and Automation Web page features design innovations in robotics, automated systems, industrial controls, motion control, machines and tools, as published in NASA Tech Briefs magazine. Many of the Tech Briefs below are correlated to a Technical Support Package (TSP) or White that can be downloaded free of charge.
Feb 2007
Self-Regulating Water-Separator System for Fuel Cells
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This system would not depend on hydrophobic or hydrophilic surfaces.
A proposed system would perform multiple coordinated functions in regulating the pressure of the oxidant gas (usually, pure oxygen) flowing to a fuel-cell stack and in removing excess product water that is generated in the normal fuel-cell operation. ...Read More >>
Spiral Orbit Tribometer
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Friction and lubricant degradation rate can be quantified rapidly.
The spiral orbit tribometer (SOT) bridges the gap between full-scale life testing and typically unrealistic accelerated life testing of ball-bearing lubricants in conjunction with bearing ball and race materials. The SOT operates under realistic conditions and quickly produces results, ...Read More >>
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Dec 2006
Tool for Sampling Permafrost on a Remote PlanetOct 2006
System for Continuous Deaeration of Hydraulic OilSpacecraft Escape Capsule
Aug 2006
Mobile Robot for Exploring Cold Liquid/Solid EnvironmentsSystem Would Acquire Core and Powder Samples of Rocks
Producing Quantum Dots by Spray Pyrolysis
Jul 2006
Ultrasonically Actuated Tools for Abrading Rock SurfacesActive Struts With Variable Spring Stiffness and Damping
Apr 2006
Modification of a Limbed Robot to Favor ClimbingControlling Herds of Cooperative Robots
Mar 2006
Cargo-Positioning System for Next-Generation SpacecraftJan 2006
System Would Detect Foreign-Object Damage in Turbofan EngineRecovering Residual Xenon Propellant for an Ion Propulsion System
Dec 2005
Mechanically Biased, Hinged Pairs of Piezoelectric BendersOscillating-Linear-Drive Vacuum Compressor for CO2
Rotating Vessels for Growing Protein Crystals
Oct 2005
System Regulates the Water Contents of Fuel-Cell StreamsFive-Axis, Three-Magnetic-Bearing Dynamic Spin Rig
Jul 2005
Magnetically Attached Multifunction Maintenance RoverMay 2005
Ultrasonic/Sonic JackhammerVortobots
Apr 2005
Nanoactuators Based on Electrostatic Forces on DielectricsMar 2005
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