I/UCRC for Integrated Sensors and Actuators: Silicone Integrated Optical Systems for Robotic Sensor Applications

该补充为加州大学伯克利分校的传感器和执行器工业/大学合作研究中心的探索性研究（SBER）小额赠款提供资金。这笔资金将用于加强正在进行的中心项目“用于机器人传感器应用的硅集成光学系统”的研究，以便在微光学机械系统中进行未经测试和新颖的想法的初步工作。本研究解决了硅上微光学系统的集成，用于机器人传感、自动光学校准、光纤通信系统和全息显示的可调滤波器和透镜的潜在应用。微机电系统和二元光学的进步使这一进步成为可能。该奖项在SGER模式下，支持对微致动光学元件设计和布局的最佳技术和方法的初步探索。这些资金将由信息、机器人和智能系统部门的机器人和机器智能项目以及电气和通信系统部门的固态和微结构工程项目共同承担。项目经理建议加州大学伯克利分校每年获得40,000美元的SBER奖励。

9420604 Muller This supplement provides funding for a Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SBER) award for the University of California, Berkeley's Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Sensors and Actuators. The funds will augment the research of an ongoing Center project entitled "Silicon Integrated Optical Systems for Robotic Sensor Applications," to enable preliminary work on untested and novel ideas in microoptomechanical systems. This research addresses the integration of micro optical systems on silicon, for potential applications in robotic sensing, automatic optical alignment, tunable filters and lenses for fiber-optic communication systems nd holographic displays. This advance is now made possible by advances in microelectromechanical systems and binary optics. This award, In the SGER mode, supports initial exploration of optimal technologies, and methods for design and layout of microactuated optical elements. Prototype designs will be fabricated and tested These funds are being cost-shared by the Robotics and Machine Intelligence Program, Division of Information, Robotics and Intelligent Systems and the Solid State and Microstructures Engineering Program of the Division of Electrical and Communications Systems. The Program Manager recommends the University of California, Berkeley be awarded $40,000 for one year for this SBER award.