Abstract: Disclosed is an actuator mechanism for a modular robotic system. The actuator mechanism includes a motor, a carrier configured to be secured to the motor, and an actuating member operable by the motor to cause the actuating member to move relative to the carrier. The motor has a drive shaft which defines an output axis, and a body extending away from the shaft, the body defining a maximum width dimension orthogonal to the output axis. The carrier defines a longitudinal axis parallel to the output axis. The output axis is arranged, by the carrier, to be offset from the longitudinal axis by at least half of the maximum width dimension. Also disclosed is a module for a modular robotic system, and a modular robotic system.

Abstract: Disclosed is an actuator mechanism for a modular robotic system. The actuator mechanism includes a motor, a carrier configured to be secured to the motor, and an actuating member operable by the motor to cause the actuating member to move relative to the carrier. The motor has a drive shaft which defines an output axis, and a body extending away from the shaft, the body defining a maximum width dimension orthogonal to the output axis. The carrier defines a longitudinal axis parallel to the output axis. The output axis is arranged, by the carrier, to be offset from the longitudinal axis by at least half of the maximum width dimension. Also disclosed is a module for a modular robotic system, and a modular robotic system.

Abstract: An electronic device housing which may be cooled via a heat pump (e.g., heat exchange unit or thermo electric cooling mechanism) is provided. The housing may have a heat pump aperture sized and configured to receive the heat pump. The heat pump may comprise an internal heat sink positioned inside the housing and an external heat sink positioned exterior to the housing. A peltier module may be interposed between the internal and external heat sinks to transfer heat absorbed by the internal heat sink from the housing inside to the external heat sink. The external heat sink subsequently transfers the heat to the environment. Such heat transfer between the internal and external heat sinks may be further facilitated via an internal fan and external fan which are positioned adjacent to the internal and external heat sinks, respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device housing which may be cooled via a heat pump (e.g., heat exchange unit or thermo electric cooling mechanism) is provided. The housing may have a heat pump aperture sized and configured to receive the heat pump. The heat pump may comprise an internal heat sink positioned inside the housing and an external heat sink positioned exterior to the housing. A peltier module may be interposed between the internal and external heat sinks to transfer heat absorbed by the internal heat sink from the housing inside to the external heat sink. The external heat sink subsequently transfers the heat to the environment. Such heat transfer between the internal and external heat sinks may be further facilitated via an internal fan and external fan which are positioned adjacent to the internal and external heat sinks, respectively.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for real-time detection of important multiple pulsed or CW signals of varying amplitude and frequency, from a group of simultaneously intercepted wideband intermediate frequency (IF) channels. The method is implemented in a channelized receiver system with a parameter encoder which filters the IF signals in a time-shared mode by dividing the IF channel bandwidth into progressively decreasing sub-band levels, multiplexing the IF signals from each sub-band and analyzing the time multiplexed IF signals to obtain the IF signal parameters. The system is flexible with programmable parameters and has the ability to eliminate most of the spurious signals with high probability of interception of the real signals. Conventional pulse descriptor words, band limited pre-detection samples and time-frequency pulse images are output for subsequent analysis or tactical application.