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Swarm Cognitive Small-scale Structural Sensing and Control
Summary:
MARSBots are low-cost swarm microrobots equipped with cameras and sensors that use augmented reality (AR) for the autonomous inspection of hard-to-reach structural areas, detecting cracks and early signs of damage.
Technology Overview:
MARSBots are small, flexible-legged microrobots designed to inspect confined or hazardous spaces without...
Published: 3/11/2026
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Inventor(s): Dryver Huston, Tian Xia, Dylan Burns, Alireza Fath, Nicholas Hanna, Yi Liu, Christoph Sauter
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Multileg Robot Sensor System
Summary:
This invention introduces three robotic systems through a quadruped robot dog equipped with multi-sensor feet for environmental and structural sensing in challenging or hazardous locations.
Technology Overview:
The invention centers around a Quadruped Robot Dog (QRD) that integrates sensors on its feet to measure moisture, temperature, humidity,...
Published: 3/11/2026
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Inventor(s): Dryver Huston, Alireza Fath, Tian Xia, Nicholas Hanna, Dylan Burns, Yi Liu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Continuous Wave Augmented Reality Ground Penetrating Radar
Summary:
This invention upgrades a handheld ground-penetrating radar (GPR) by adding augmented reality (AR) mapping and multi-sensor capabilities to make subsurface detection more accurate and easier to visualize.
Technology overview:
The new system improves on a traditional handheld continuous-wave GPR by integrating AR and SLAM (simultaneous localization...
Published: 3/11/2026
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Inventor(s): Dryver Huston, Tian Xia, Dylan Burns, Joshua Girard
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Membrane filtration cell with electric field and acoustic field
Summary:
This invention is a membrane filtration device that uses electric and acoustic fields to make water filtration faster, cheaper, and more efficient.
Technology overview:
This invention is a cross-flow flat-sheet membrane filtration system that adds two powerful features: an electric field and an acoustic field. By placing small electrodes...
Published: 3/11/2026
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Inventor(s): Appala Badireddy, Yuxiang Shen
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Automated water sensing and sampling system
This wireless drone can autonomously navigate a site, retrieve multiple water samples without cross contamination, sense multiple parameters of water quality in real-time, and integrate that information into a geophysical information system with minimal human operator intervention.
Technology Overview:
Water resources are an essential part of many...
Published: 10/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Tian Xia, Dryver Huston, Dylan Burns, Soheyl Faghir Hagh, Parmida Amngostar
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Environment & Energy
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Omni-mission Healthcare Vehicle (OHV)
A versatile healthcare solution designed to deliver specialized services to remote areas through a modular box truck.
Technology Overview
The Omni-mission Healthcare Vehicle (OHV) is a groundbreaking vehicle aimed at transforming mobile healthcare. It features a modular design that allows for the easy swap of healthcare equipment and furnishings to...
Published: 9/4/2025
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Inventor(s): Michael Rosen
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Medical Device
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An Economical In Situ System for Detecting Moisture
This technology is an economical system for detecting and characterizing signal loss in communications channels with power at only one end of the channel. It is used to measure the properties of the medium itself, such as the amount of moisture.
Background:
One or more passive sensors can be embedded in situ during construction (at a point or in an...
Published: 9/11/2025
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Inventor(s): Jeff Frolik
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Embedded Railway Ballast Moisture Sensing
Railbed health is an important aspect of safe transportation by train. If not properly maintained, over time this can lead to track misalignment and compromised load-bearing capacity. If the tracks are compromised in any way, catastrophic derailment is more likely. Additionally, the massive financial burden that misaligned tracks carry with them is...
Published: 9/11/2025
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Inventor(s): Thomas Weller, Ismail Uluer, Jeff Frolik
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Tunable Stack Architecture for Photonic Crystal OLEDs
These OLED vertical stacks are low cost, durable and applications in flexible displays, light panels and spectroscopy sensors
Background:
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology brings the promise of sharper displays at lower cost. This sharpness arises from the fact that conventional LEDs leak a little light when displaying black, degrading...
Published: 2/23/2026
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Inventor(s): Matthew White, David Allemeier
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Biomedical, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Electric Field-Assisted Forward Osmotic (EFO) Device for Saline Production from Marginal Waters
Portable EFO device which is easy and low cost to maintain, durable and environmentally friendly with no harsh chemicals needed
Background:
Saline, the lifeblood of all hospital/medical systems, is supplied by only five or fewer companies in the United States. Currently, the United States market for saline is estimated at $3 billion per year and is...
Published: 2/19/2026
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Inventor(s): Appala Badireddy, Richard Grunert, Logan Werner
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Environment & Energy
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