The Vision Robotics SCOPE team will conceptualize, design, and prototype an automated fruit picking end effector for use by the tree fruit industry. The design will include considerations for low production costs, a life time on the order of millions of cycles, and a picking time of less than a second.
In support of MITRE's Innovation and Harvesting work program, the team has conducted user research and technology feasibility studies to develop a concept of operations for an enterprise system that facilitates informal and ad-hoc collaborations. This vision for the system is supported by a description of the system architecture and infrastructure required to implement it. The team has also developed a prototype interface and generated a vision for how to extend the system to automatically detect dependencies and project associations within the tasks tracked by the system in order to support a multitasking working style.
OsComp has developed a breakthrough multiphase compression technology that significantly reduces the operating and capital costs of wellhead production of natural gas. Multiphase flow is a condition that exists in the OsComp technology, but is uncommon in other commercially available compressors. Currently available valves are not explicitly designed to meet the specifications required by OsComp for lifetime and optimal compressor efficiency. The goal is to identify or develop a valve that meets OsComp goals for compressor operating conditions, including the ability to handle multiphase flow.