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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
1990 Phase II
Six Degree
of Freedom Active Vibration Damping
Intelligent
Automation, Inc.
Rockville, MD
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INNOVATION
Demonstrated feasibility of six degree of freedom vibration control
system
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Performance Validation on Micro-Precision
Interferometry Testbed
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed new approach to active
vibration isolation that learns the system dynamics as the system
operates
- Discovered new configuration
for Stewart Platform which simplifies control algorithm
mathematics
- Validated adaptive filter approach
on Stewart Platform (six degree of freedom structure, 25 to
35 dB attenuation
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Contract with Lockheed Martin
to reduce chatter in machine tools (consortium with
JPL, Sandia National Laboratory and Ingersoll Milling Machine Tool
Co.)
- Contract with scanning probe
microscope manufacturer
- Control hardware is a successful
commercial product, $80K sales to date
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Isolation of vibration generated
by space-based cryogenic cooling systems
- Other NASA and DoD space applications
requiring vibration damping
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