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Shipboard condition based maintenance and integrated power system initiatives
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
With the U.S. Navy's continued focus on developing and implementing a robust integrated power system aboard future combatants, there has been an ever increasing effort to guarantee an electrical distribution system that ...
Object localization and identification for autonomous operation of surface marine vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
A method for autonomous navigation of surface marine vehicles is developed A camera video stream is utilized as input to achieve object localization and identification by application of state-of-the-art Machine Learning ...
DC to DC power conversion module for the all-electric ship
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The MIT end to end electric ship model is being developed to study competing electric ship designs. This project produced a model of a Power Conversion Module (PCM)- 4, DC-to-DC converter which interfaces with the MIT ...
Autonomous adaptation and collaboration of unmanned vehicles for tracking submerged contacts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Autonomous operations are vital to future naval operations. Unmanned systems, including autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), are anticipated to play a key role for critical tasks ...
Modeling magnetic core loss for sinusoidal waveforms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)
Among the challenging unsolved technical problems that have plagued the minds of scientist and engineers throughout the 20th and 21st century is the development of a quantifiable model to accurately estimate or explain ...
A two-phase spherical electric machine for generating rotating uniform magnetic fields
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis describes the design and construction of a novel two-phase spherical electric machine that generates rotating uniform magnetic fields, known as a fluxball machine. Alternative methods for producing uniform ...
An axial force sensor for a prosthetic knee
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Intent-aware collision avoidance for autonomous marine vehicles
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
Applications of autonomous marine vehicles in dynamic and uncertain environments continuously grow as research unveils new enabling technology and academic, commercial, and government entities pursue new marine autonomy ...
Design of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) charging system for underway, underwater recharging
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
Modern robotics have enabled the rapid proliferation of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) throughout the marine environment. As autonomy algorithms increase in robustness, complexity, and reliability, so too does the ...
Structural and thermal design of a dual-rotor constant-frequency, variable-speed generator
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The mechanical design of a novel generator type is considered. This generator is intended to efficiently, reliably and cheaply convert a variable shaft-speed input into a constant electrical frequency output for application ...