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.
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.
The Linden Lab SCOPE project goal is to promote enrollment and retention of potential and current Second Life users. Second Life is a 3D virtual world developed by Linden Lab, full of user-created content that can be explored, sold, purchased, and shared. The project specifically is working on connecting existing and potential users with relevant and engaging content in Second Life. Key components of this project include identifying content that Second Life users would deem relevant to their interests and developing an effective way of making users aware of this content.