Grassroots Biotechnology, Inc.

Monsanto Technology LLC

Lord Corporation

Gregory Fricke

Philip N Benfey

Robert Louis Clark, Jr

Scott Kennedy

Richard W Twigg, Iii

Mark R Jolly

Daniel Kakaley

Systems, devices, and methods for a hub-based active vibration control (AVC) design includes at least one pair of co-rotating motorized imbalanced rotors that create a controllable rotating force vector that can be controlled to cancel hub loads on a rotating hub. This control is achievable using a configuration in which each rotor has an axis of rotation that is offset from the hub axis of rotation. In this way, in a loss of operation failure mode, the system is designed such that centrifugal forces will cause the masses to spin to an orientation of low static imbalance.

Hub-based active vibration control systems, devices, and methods with offset imbalanced rotors

A plant growth array device includes an aerial growth chamber configured to receive aerial shoot portions of a plurality of plants and a root growth chamber configured to receive root portions of the plurality of plants. A dividing member is between the aerial growth chamber and the root chamber and has a plurality of apertures for receiving the plurality of plants therein. The plurality of apertures are configured so that the root portions grow substantially in a common orientation.

Plant growth and imaging devices and related methods and computer program products

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Durham, NC, United States of America

Gregory Fricke