Abstract: A kitchen in a box automatic cooking appliance with various cooking stations and a deep frying station along with selectable lid integrated stirring mechanism with remote stirring power source. Floor and wall mounted ingredient bins and containers along with universal tool carrier to bring in fluidic ingredients to be delivered to cooking stations. Removable components for easy cleaning of the automatic cooking appliance and the components. Heating control by using temperature sensor in contact with cooking vessels by attaching actuator mechanisms on knobs of off the shelf induction and gas stoves.

Abstract: A kitchen in a box automatic cooking appliance with various cooking stations and a deep frying station along with selectable lid integrated stirring mechanism with remote stirring power source. Floor and wall mounted ingredient bins and containers along with universal tool carrier to bring in fluidic ingredients to be delivered to cooking stations. Removable components for easy cleaning of the automatic cooking appliance and the components. Heating control by using temperature sensor in contact with cooking vessels by attaching actuator mechanisms on knobs of off the shelf induction and gas stoves.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for cooling a substrate upon a biasable cooling pedestal for supporting a substrate during deposition within a plasma vapor deposition chamber may include a supplying a low pressure inert gas from the shaft of a liquid-chilled pedestal to flow through one or more channels within grooved a metal substrate support and a liquid-chilled body. By maintaining a cooling gas supply at a pressure well below that which may displace the weight of the substrate, the gas may enable even heat transfer between the cooling pedestal and the substrate to cool the substrate during deposition without the use of electrical or mechanical mechanisms for clamping the substrate in place.

Abstract: A parallel robot or parallel kinematics mechanism is provided for uses such as robotics or machining. The mechanism comprises a fixed base, a main arm, and a first and second support arm to position and orient an object in a cylindrical space with at least three degrees of freedom and retained inclination. The main arm includes an end component for supporting the object and linkage means to retain the inclination of the end component with respect to the base for all positions and orientations of the end component. The mechanism advantageously provides a large cylindrical workspace and a small footprint and is capable of moving an object at high accelerations and speeds. The mechanism can be equipped with an additional motor to orient an object, thereby providing the mobility of a SCARA robot. Alternatively, it can be equipped with passive transmission means that allow for an object to be displaced in parallel to itself.

Abstract: A temperature unit to control a temperature of a device under test using a fluid includes a block disposed opposite the device under test and which defines a gap therebetween and through which the fluid passes across the device under test at a gap flow rate, and an actuator which moves the block. By adjusting the gap, the gap flow rate of the fluid flowing over the device under test changes so as to adjust the temperature of the device under test. Additionally, the block can be a heater block which generates heat receivable by the device under test across the gap such that the adjustment of the heater block by the actuator changes a thermal resistance across the gap.