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Spherically Actuated Motor (SAM)

A three degree of freedom (DOF) spherical actuator is proposed that will replace functions requiring three single DOF actuators in robotic manipulators, thus reducing, cost, mass, volume, part count, and failure rate. The proposed will support lunar surface construction, advanced manufacturing for in-space resource utilization, and in-space manufacturing for in-space resource utilization. Steven Peeples (ES33) serves as the PI and leverages ES33’s existing additive manufacturing equipment to enhance the department’s current robotics and manufacturing capabilities, directly leading to future proposals, patents, and commercialization.

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Hard Fault Protection for a Silicon Carbide-Based Aerospace Motor Drive

Due to increasingly high DC link voltages and further advancements in the current density of silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, it has become evident that conventional IGBT protection methods are not sufficient to protect these devices from overcurrent during low-inductance fault events. The use of an air core Rogowski coil topology was explored to see if it could mitigate these hard fault events. The design of this circuit resulted in safe shutdown of a low impedance phase-tophase fault, tested up to DC link voltages of 1 kV.

High Voltage↗