Dilatant fluid based object movement control mechanism

A method for execution by a computing device, the method comprises:

• interpreting a fluid flow response over a time range from a set of radio frequency wireless sensors to produce a piston velocity and a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field sensors provide the fluid flow response that represents the piston velocity and the piston position for a time range, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field sensors are positioned proximal to the head unit device for controlling motion of an object, wherein the head unit device includes:
• a chamber filled at least in part with a shear thickening fluid (STF), wherein the STF includes the multitude of magnetic nanoparticles, and
• the piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber, the piston configured to exert pressure against the shear thickening fluid in response to movement of the piston from a force applied to the piston from the object, wherein the movement of the piston includes one of traveling through the chamber in an inward direction and traveling through the chamber in an outward direction, wherein the STF is configured to have a decreasing viscosity in response to a first range of shear rates and an increasing viscosity in response to a second range of shear rates;
• determining a shear force based on the piston velocity and the piston position;
• determining a desired response for the STF based on one or more of the shear force, the piston velocity, and the piston position;
• and
• generating a magnetic activation based on the desired response for the STF, wherein the magnetic activation is output to a set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters positioned proximal to the chamber, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters provide the magnetic activation to the multitude of magnetic nanoparticles such that the STF is reconfigured to have the decreasing viscosity in response to a modified first range of shear rates and the increasing viscosity in response to a modified second range of shear rates.

A non-transitory computer readable memory comprises:

• a first memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by a processing module, causes the processing module to:
• interpret a fluid flow response over a time range from a set of radio frequency wireless field sensors to produce a piston velocity and a piston position of a piston associated with a head unit device, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field sensors provide the fluid flow response that represents the piston velocity and the piston position for a time range, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field sensors are positioned proximal to the head unit device for controlling motion of an object, wherein the head unit device includes:
• a chamber filled at least in part with a shear thickening fluid (STF), wherein the STF includes the multitude of magnetic nanoparticles, and
• the piston housed at least partially radially within the chamber, the piston configured to exert pressure against the shear thickening fluid in response to movement of the piston from a force applied to the piston from the object, wherein the movement of the piston includes one of traveling through the chamber in an inward direction and traveling through the chamber in an outward direction, wherein the STF is configured to have a decreasing viscosity in response to a first range of shear rates and an increasing viscosity in response to a second range of shear rates;
• a second memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• determine a shear force based on the piston velocity and the piston position;
• a third memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• determine a desired response for the STF based on one or more of the shear force, the piston velocity, and the piston position;
• and
• a fourth memory element that stores operational instructions that, when executed by the processing module, causes the processing module to:
• generate a magnetic activation based on the desired response for the STF, wherein the magnetic activation is output to a set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters positioned proximal to the chamber, wherein the set of radio frequency wireless field transmitter emitters provide the magnetic activation to the multitude of magnetic nanoparticles such that the STF is reconfigured to have the decreasing viscosity in response to a modified first range of shear rates and the increasing viscosity in response to a modified second range of shear rates.