Abstract: A system and method for providing a situational awareness based adaptive driver vehicle interface that include receiving data associated with a driving scene of an ego vehicle and eye gaze data and analyzing the driving scene and the eye gaze data and performing real time fixation detection pertaining to the driver's eye gaze behavior to determine a level of situational awareness with respect to objects that are located within the driving scene. The system and method also include determining at least one level of importance associated with each of the objects and communicating control signals to control at least one component based on at least one of: the at least one level of importance associated with each of the objects that are located within the driving scene and the level of situational awareness with respect to each of the objects that are located within the driving scene.

Abstract: A telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system to enable differential length and omnidirectional bending is provided. The telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system includes a first circular rotating plate 102, a second circular rotating plate 104, three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C and three or more actuators 108A-C. Each telescopic screw assembly 106 includes a pair of master screws 110, a pair of successive screws 112 and a universal joint 116. The three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C are actuated differentially using the three or more actuators 108A-C to achieve omnidirectional bending with high angular rotations in a range of 0 to 75 degree.

Abstract: A multidirectional locomotive module with omnidirectional bending that is compliant along multiple axis is provided. The locomotive module includes, (A) a first part that includes (i) one or more circular rigid components which are coupled using a two degree of freedom joint, (ii) bending actuator that actuates the two degree of freedom joint enabling bending of the multidirectional locomotive module to an angle ranging from 0 to 90 degrees about a Z-axis in a direction to achieve surface compliance with an external surface, and (B) a second part that is elongated in shape with circular cross-section along a surface length and hemispherical in shape an end portion with a surface that is formed by a power transmission sprocket chain and an arrangement of curved components enabling sideways rolling of the multidirectional locomotive module, also enabling wheeled and legged locomotion in vertical position.

Abstract: A multidirectional locomotive module with omnidirectional bending that is compliant along multiple axis is provided.

Abstract: A telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system to enable differential length and omnidirectional bending is provided. The telescopic differential screw mechanism based 3-DOF Parallel Manipulator system includes a first circular rotating plate 102, a second circular rotating plate 104, three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C and three or more actuators 108A-C. Each telescopic screw assembly 106 includes a pair of master screws 110, a pair of successive screws 112 and a universal joint 116. The three or more telescopic screw assemblies 106A-C are actuated differentially using the three or more actuators 108A-C to achieve omnidirectional bending with high angular rotations in a range of 0 to 75 degree.