Space Robotics

Space Robotics

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In this second of three short papers, I introduce some of the basic concepts of space robotics with an emphasis on some specific challenging areas of research that are peculiar to the application of robotics to space infrastructure development. The style of these short papers is pedagogical and the...

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Main Author: Alex Ellery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2004-09-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/5814
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spelling doaj-1f095fa9dc8844df834312beff6313ef2020-11-25T03:46:03ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142004-09-01110.5772/581410.5772_5814Space RoboticsAlex ElleryIn this second of three short papers, I introduce some of the basic concepts of space robotics with an emphasis on some specific challenging areas of research that are peculiar to the application of robotics to space infrastructure development. The style of these short papers is pedagogical and the concepts in this paper are developed from fundamental manipulator robotics. This second paper considers the application of space manipulators to on-orbit servicing (OOS), an application which has considerable commercial application. I provide some background to the notion of robotic on-orbit servicing and explore how manipulator control algorithms may be modified to accommodate space manipulators which operate in the micro-gravity of space.https://doi.org/10.5772/5814
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description In this second of three short papers, I introduce some of the basic concepts of space robotics with an emphasis on some specific challenging areas of research that are peculiar to the application of robotics to space infrastructure development. The style of these short papers is pedagogical and the concepts in this paper are developed from fundamental manipulator robotics. This second paper considers the application of space manipulators to on-orbit servicing (OOS), an application which has considerable commercial application. I provide some background to the notion of robotic on-orbit servicing and explore how manipulator control algorithms may be modified to accommodate space manipulators which operate in the micro-gravity of space.
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