Inside this issue
Features
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5 Ws
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Facility Focus
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NASA Spinoff
Tech Briefs
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Machinery & Automation
Autonomous Robotic Self-Righting
System and Method for Managing Autonomous Entities Through Apoptosis
33 Robotic Gripper for Satellite Capture and Servicing
34 Controllable Dry Adhesive for Efficient Climbing Robot
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Manufacturing & Prototyping
Method Creates Wood Substance Stronger Than Titanium
26 Method Reduces Glass Surface Reflections to Nearly Zero
28 Technique for Chemically Combining Soft Materials
31 Process Enables 3D Printing of Nanoscale Metal Structures
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Software
Algorithms Analyze Images from Minimal Data
Selective Access and Editing in a Database
Integrated Genomic and Proteomic Information Security Protocol
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Sensors/Data Acquisition
Noncontact Sensor Measures Density and Speed of Sound of a Liquid in a Pipeline or Vessel
20 High-Speed, High-Resolution Multimode Sensing of Structural Strain and Shape
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Communications
Secure Optical Quantum Communications
49 Cup Cylindrical Waveguide Antenna
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Energy
Cobalt Oxygen-Evolving Catalysts for Clean Solar Fuel
High-Power Solid-State Power Amplifier System
High-Energy Lithium Flow Cells with Sulfur Anodes
38 Flexible, Water-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries
40 Solar-Powered Device Generates Electricity Through Ion Transport
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Propulsion
Axial Magnetic Flux Airflow Integrated Compressor-Generator-Motor Turbojet Design
Non-Catalytic Ignition System for High-Performance Advanced Monopropellant Thrusters
Thruster-Based Attitude and Translation Control with Minimum Pulse-Count Disturbance Rejection
45 High-Voltage Power System for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion
Products
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Briefs
24 Load/Position Control of Rigidly Coupled Electromechanical Actuators
25 Miniature “Pop-Up” Robot Combines Micrometer Precision and High Speed
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Articles
4 Cobots and Industrial Robots: Choose the Right Robot for the Job
9 Industrial Rotary Encoders: Selecting the Right Device for Your Application
12 Choosing the Right Brake for Robotic Applications
17 Protecting Sensitive Instruments with Piezo-Driven Active Vibration Isolation Platforms
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Applications