MAST White Paper Submissions for 2013 Annual Program Plan

(To be considered for funding in 2013, offerors must submit White Papers '''by May 31, 2012 per the instructions in the MAST White Paper Submission Process Letter below)

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May 2012 White Paper Submissions for 2013 Annual Program Plan

MAST 2013 White papers - ZIP File

MAST 2013 White paper Evaluation Form

01 - 400 MHz Integrated High Data Rate Transceiver for MAST Robotic Communications

02 - Autonomous Vehicle Communication, Localization, and Mapping using Visible and UV Light Communication

03 - Communication Coverage for Situational Awareness

04 - Decentralized Network Deployment for Micro Autonomous Systems

05 - Distributed beamforming at large wavelengths: architectures and prototypes for communication and coordination with microbot ensembles

06 - Exploiting Heterogeneity in Wireless Aerial and Ground Robotic Networks

07 - Graph Rigidity Based Distributed Localization and Cooperation of Micro Autonomous Systems

08 - Heterogeneous Teams of UAVs and UGVs for Surveillance and Tracking

09 - Improving Self Deploying Sensor Networks in Complex and Hostile Environments

10 - Integration of Store-Carry-Forward Network Routing Policies with Motion Planning

11 - Low-Power MEMS-Based Spectrum Analyzers

12 - Quad Cloud: Coordinated Rapid Response by Aerial Robots to Requests for Information

13 - Short Range HF Communication in Highly Cluttered Environments

14 - Smart Radio Repeater for the 2.4GHz ISM Band

15 - Ultra-low bandwidth multi-agent coordination

16 - Perception,Estimation, and Control for Ground Vehicles in 3D Environments

17 - Repeaters used with quad-rotors for 3D Comms

18 - Wind/Gust Sensing& Mitigation on MAST-scale MAVs

19 - A Cloud-Based Simulation Framework for Micro Autonomous Systems and Scenarios

20 - Active Cooperative Mapping by MAVs

21 - Heterogeneous Robot Teams for Mapping 3-D Indoor Environments

22 - Autonomous Deployment of Wireless Sensor Networks in Urban Environments

23 - Wide Field of View Vision Sensors for Nano Quads

24 -Fast, Online Generation of Motion Plans for Micro-UAVs with Incomplete Environment Models for Mapping

25 - Localization of an RF source using a mobile robot equipped with an HF band RF source tracking system

26 - Repeaters used with quad-rotors for 3D Comms

27 - Visual SLAM for Micro Throwable Robots

28 - Comprehensive Reduced-Order Modeling and Validation for Loads and Flight Stability of a Flapping Wing

29 - Nanobowtie Antenna for enhancing the efficiency of Micro-Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) Cells

30 - Adjoint-Based Optimization and Design of Flapping-Wing MAVS

31 - Advances in Small-Scale Actuation

32 - Advances in Small-Scale Actuation

33 - Advances in Small-Scale Actuation

34 - Chemical-Based Electrical Power for Micro Air Vehicles

35 - Computational Modeling of Electromechanical Instabilities in Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

36 - Control Design and Analysis in the Presence of Dynamic Aeroservoelastic-Powertrain Interactions

37 - Design of jumping, gliding, and crawling robots for all-terrain mobility at small scale

38 - Electrostatic Directional Dry Adhesives for Perching Micro Air Vehicles

39 - Foot and ankle design for dynamic locomotion

40 - Hybrid Structures for Control and Navigation of Micro-Aerial Vehicles

41- Inertial Appendages for Control and Stabilization of Micro Air Vehicles

42 -Integrated Air_Surface Operation for Micro Air Vehicles

43 - Liquid Film Miniature Combustor for Mobility Power

44 - Micro Air Vehicle Development and Characterization

45 - Microscale Actuation based on Dielectric Elastomers

46 - Miniature vehicle, piezo-electrically actuated through its walls by acoustic waves which is self-braking, gearless, and does not require bearings or cabling

47 - Multifunctional Dielectric Elastomers for Bio-inspired Actuation

48 - Next Generation Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

49 - Novel Graphene-Dielectric-Elastomer Actuators for MAST Robotic Platforms

50 - Operation of Micro-Unmanned Systems in Constrained Environments

51 - Pop-up Fabrication and Locomotion Studies of Autonomous Terrestrial Robots for MAST scenarios

52 - Rapid Robot Deployment 3D-printer logistics (R2D3)

53 - Robust Autonomy of Bio-Inspired micro Quadrotors

54 - Theory of dielectric elastomers

55 - Ultra Lightweight Multifunctional Composite Structural Elements for MAST Platforms

56 - Understanding micro ground vehicle mobility in heterogeneous terrains

57 - MAST-scale Platforms that Crawl with a Purpose

58 - Micropower Analog Implementation of Visual Motion Processing for MAV Collision Avoidance and Local Guidance

59 - A Microcombustor-Driven Gas Sensing System for Miniaturized Robotic Platforms

60 - An Acoustic Ruler using Quad-rotor Noise Signature

61 - Compact Compound-Eye 3D Perception and Multidimensional Sensing

62 - Cooperative Localization

63 - Dynamic aerial grasping for retrieval and delivery of small payloads

64 - Highly Miniaturized 3D Range Imager for MAST-Scaled Autonomous Navigation

65 - Integrated, Lensless Vision Systems for Miniature Robots

66 - Intelligent State Sensing and Awareness System for Micro Autonomous Robotic Platforms

67 - Low Power, High-Resolution Capacitance to Digital Converter for Sensor – Vehicle Integration

68 - VaNaL CoDA: An Ultra Low Power Coprocessor-Dominated Architecture for Vision-aided Navigation and Landing

69 - Millimeter-Scale Visual and Audio Monitoring Nodes for Persistent Distributed Surveillance

70 - Neuromorphic Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles: Perception, Navigation and Cooperation

71 - New Framework for Robust Building Structure Detection_Reconstruction in Vision Guided Robot Navigation

72 - Reduced Bit Imaging for Reduced Power Cameras

73 - Resonant Magnetic Sensors for Positioning and Navigation

74 - Resonant Type BST Thin Film Uncooled IR Sensor Arrays with Wide Dynamic Range

75 - Stereo Vision for Real Time ISR

76 - Stereo-Optical Flow Fusion in Inverse Depth Space for Obstacle Avoidance by Micro Air Vehicles

77 - Ultrasmall High-Resolution Multispectral Hemispherical

78 - Vision Based Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance in Non-Static Environments]

79 - Visual Breadcrumbs: A Robust Biologically Inspired Solution for MAST Navigation

80 - Waveform Synthesis and Received Signal Processing for 240GHz Radar