Objectives/Scope: This study outlines the development and use of a modified dummy gas lift valve designed to obtain subsurface microbiological samples from a defined depth series across a production well. An overview ...
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(纸本)9781959025320
Objectives/Scope: This study outlines the development and use of a modified dummy gas lift valve designed to obtain subsurface microbiological samples from a defined depth series across a production well. An overview of the initial field pilot is presented wherein microbiological data from the modified valve will be contrasted with topside samples to evaluate the information yielded from sampling downhole biofilm communities in place of planktonic populations from the well head. Methods, Procedures, Process: In this approach, the modified dummy gas lift valve, preloaded topside with carbonate plugs and coupons, is deployed at various depths in the well's completion for downhole incubation. This modification allows production fluids to wet the payloads, enabling in situ biofilm colonization by reservoir communities across depth and temperature gradients. Post retrieval using a slickline tool, sample DNA is extracted for metagenomic sequencing, assessing microbial composition and metabolic capabilities (including souring and MIC-related activities). Concurrent production fluid samples from the wellhead will be analyzed for comparison to evaluate any information gained from biofilm over planktonic population sampling. Results, Observations, Conclusions: Samples from the modified valve are expected to provide sufficient yields of DNA, uncontaminated by non-resident microbes from outside of the producer. Microbial data from downhole biofilms is anticipated to provide a more diverse community makeup than production fluid communities sampled at the wellhead, with a corresponding increase in problematic species associated with MIC and souring. Corrosion coupon analyses will enable conclusions regarding proactive decision-making enablement and extrapolations of 3D projections of microbiological communities between modified valves across the completion column will provide the relationship between in situ conditions, microbial colonization in the context of pore space and risk
It is understood that human motion control system uses the motion memory in accomplishment of an appropriate movement. It uses the past experience, learns and creates a precise or incident knowledge of the physical pr...
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It is understood that human motion control system uses the motion memory in accomplishment of an appropriate movement. It uses the past experience, learns and creates a precise or incident knowledge of the physical properties of the body and the external environment. In this paper, since the interaction with the environment is one of the main characteristics of the human motion controller design, a dynamic impedance control model is proposed. This model consists of two feedback loops, the internal force loop and the external position loop in the Cartesian space. By exploiting the dynamic impedance control scheme, the controller identifies the mechanical impedance of the environment while interacting and adapting its required impedance coefficients. A neural network self tuning PID controller is proposed to determine the controller coefficients. By this means and through the adaptation properties of neural networks, the proportional, integral and differential coefficients of the dynamic impedance controller is obtained during the interaction with the environment. Finally, the results of proposed controller structure are verified by experiments.
This paper proposes an alternative docking charger station for mobile robots. One crucial task in swarm robots scenario is to find low battery robots and recover them. Overcoming this problem requires a versatile mobi...
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This paper proposes an alternative docking charger station for mobile robots. One crucial task in swarm robots scenario is to find low battery robots and recover them. Overcoming this problem requires a versatile mobile charging station that is able to actively locate and charge inactive mobile robots unlike the conventional stationary docking stations. The mobile charger robot should perform independent tasks other than the swarm robots global task. It uses similar communication method with other swarm robots, however new preprogrammed instructions are required to facilitate battery charging task for swarm robots.
In April 2006, a terrain-relative navigation experiment successfully flew on a sounding rocket mission at White Sands Missile Range. The mission was designated by NASA/Wallops Flight Facility as 41.068 NT/Seybold (&qu...
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(纸本)1563478935
In April 2006, a terrain-relative navigation experiment successfully flew on a sounding rocket mission at White Sands Missile Range. The mission was designated by NASA/Wallops Flight Facility as 41.068 NT/Seybold ("41.068") and was flown as part of the New Millennium Program ST9 Terrain-Relative Guidance System (TRGS) Project's competitive Phase A effort. The TRN experiment had two objectives: 1) To demonstrate the viability of a navigation filter for precision landing that uses on-board IMU and descent image data to achieve position knowledge errors of less than 100m, validated with GPS data recorded during flight;and 2) To establish that commercial off-the-shelf cameras can be packaged sufficiently well to survive the sounding rocket launch environment. Both objectives were met. The 13 min flight provided a data set that was processed post-flight through the prototype algorithms to bring the ST9 TRGS Project to a technology readiness level of 4 in TRN. This paper describes the flight system development and operations of the TRN experiment on 41.068.
This paper presents a novel field robot JL-I based on a reconfigurable concept for urban search and rescue applications. The robot consists of three identical modules; each module is an entire robotic system that can ...
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This paper presents a novel field robot JL-I based on a reconfigurable concept for urban search and rescue applications. The robot consists of three identical modules; each module is an entire robotic system that can perform distributed activities. It features three-degrees-of-freedom (DOF) active joints actuated by serial and parallel mechanisms for changing shape and flexible docking mechanism. The docking mechanism enables adjacent modules to connect or disconnect flexibly and automatically. DOF analysis, working space analysis and the kinematics of the 3D active joint between connected modules are studied thoroughly. In the end a series of successful tests confirm the principles and the robot's capabilities.
Experimental results for the TRACS testbed, consisting of two PUMA 250 robot arms, are presented. The two arms manipulate a large object by means of an enveloping grasp. A dynamic control algorithm developed for coord...
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Experimental results for the TRACS testbed, consisting of two PUMA 250 robot arms, are presented. The two arms manipulate a large object by means of an enveloping grasp. A dynamic control algorithm developed for coordinating two robotic arms have been successfully implemented. The results from two experimental tasks in which the two arms move an object while adapting the grasp configuration to the motion trajectory and to an external disturbance force are described in detail.< >
NASA scenarios for lunar and planetary missions include robotic vehicles that function in both teleoperated and semi-autonomous modes. Under teleoperation, on-board stereo cameras may provide 3-D scene information to ...
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NASA scenarios for lunar and planetary missions include robotic vehicles that function in both teleoperated and semi-autonomous modes. Under teleoperation, on-board stereo cameras may provide 3-D scene information to human operators via stereographic displays;likewise, under semi-autonomy, machine stereo vision may provide 3-D information for obstacle avoidance. In the past, the slow speed of machine stereo vision systems has posed a hurdle to the semi-autonomous scenario;however, recent work at JPL and other laboratories has produced stereo systems with high reliability and near real-time performance for low-resolution image pairs. In particular, JPL has taken a significant step by achieving the first autonomous, cross-country robotic traverses (of up to 100 meters) to use stereo vision, with all computing on-board the vehicle. Here, we describe the stereo vision system, including the underlying statistical model and the details of the implementation. The statistical and algorithmic aspects employ random field models of the disparity map, Bayesian formulations of single-scale matching, and area-based image comparisons. The implementation builds bandpass image pyramids and produces disparity maps from the 60 x 64 level of the pyramids at rates of up to two seconds per image pair. All vision processing is done in one 68020 augmented with Datacube image processing boards. We argue that the overall approach provides a unifying paradigm for practical, domain-independent stereo ranging. We close with a discussion of practical and theoretical issues involved in evaluating and extending the performance of the stereo system.
In this paper, we focus on the role and importance of experiments in the development of teleoperation systems. Experiments conducted in the JPL advanced Teleoperation Laboratory and lessons we have learned from them a...
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