Conducting Autonomous Experiments in Space

Bhattacharya, Sharmila [Inventor]Lusby, Terry Clay [Inventor]Angadi, Chetan [Inventor]Pandey, Siddharth [Inventor]

关键词: AUTONOMY;    CAMERAS;    PATENTS;   

RP-ID  :  US-Patent-9,998,639, US-Patent-Appl-SN-15/268,187

学科分类：原子、分子光学和等离子物理

美国|英语

来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

A device for conducting scientific experiments in space has a housing having dimensions of about 100 x 100 x 150 mm or smaller. Within the housing is an electronic processor, a camera, and a chamber for containing living or non-living test subjects. A mirror is positioned next to the chamber so that the camera lens can view both a face of the chamber, and the mirror, which reflects a side of the chamber. The chamber can additionally include sensors and a fan controlled by the processor to change conditions within the housing based upon sensor data.