Aaron PARNESS - LOS ANGELES CA, US Clifford F. MCKENZIE - EAGLE SPRINGS NC, US
International Classification:
B60B 9/02 B62D 61/10 B62D 61/00 B60B 37/00
US Classification:
180218, 280 801, 280 528, 152 1
Abstract:
A terrain traversing device includes an annular rotor element with a plurality of co-planar microspine hooks arranged on the periphery of the annular rotor element. Each microspine hook has an independently flexible suspension configuration that permits the microspine hook to initially engage an irregularity in a terrain surface at a preset initial engagement angle and subsequently engage the irregularity with a continuously varying engagement angle when the annular rotor element is rotated for urging the terrain traversing device to traverse a terrain surface.
Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory Feb 2010 - Sep 2019
Robotics Engineer
Amazon Robotics & Ai Feb 2010 - Sep 2019
Principal Research Scientist
Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
Manager, Robotic Climbers and Grippers Group
Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory Oct 2013 - Apr 2018
Group Leader, Extreme Environment Robots
Stanford University 2004 - 2009
Phd Student
Education:
Stanford University Jan 1, 2004 - 2009
Doctorates, Doctor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Jan 1, 2000 - 2004
Bachelors, Bachelor of Science, Creative Writing, Mechanical Engineering
Skills:
Robotics Rapid Prototyping Program Management R&D Mechanical Engineering Leadership Embedded Systems Research Testing Aerospace C++ Matlab Product Development Proposal Writing Research and Development Simulations Solidworks
"There are many missions that would benefit from this, like rendezvous and docking and orbital debris mitigation," said Aaron Parness, MS '06, PhD '10, group leader of the Extreme Environment Robotics Group at JPL. "We could also eventually develop a climbing robot assistant that could crawl around
Date: Jun 28, 2017
Category: Sci/Tech
Source: Google
Next up on space station: 'gecko' feet, 3-D printer, and playing with matches
NASA jet propulsion engineer Aaron Parness, one of the leaders behind the project, has high hopes for the gecko grippers. The technology could even be used to grab satellites someday, Mr. Parness says. If they work on the International Space Station, gecko grippers could also become part of daily
The Gecko Gripper technology may lead to terrestrialversions of grippers that could, for example, hold flat-screenTVs to walls without anchoring systems and adhesives, said leadresearcher Aaron Parness with Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratoryin Pasadena, California.
Date: Mar 23, 2016
Source: Google
Cargo ship carrying cool science experiments into orbit
"Geckos have lots of tiny hairs on their feet that help them to stick to things using Van der Waals force," said Aaron Parness, the principal investigator, referring to molecular forces that cause atoms and molecules to be attracted to those making up a surface.