Astronaut time will always be in short supply, consumables (e.g., oxygen) will always be limited, and some work will not be feasible, or productive, for astronauts to do manually. Free flyers offer significant potential to perform a great variety of tasks, include routine, repetitive or simple but long-duration work, such as conducting environment surveys, taking sensor readings or monitoring crew activities. The "Astrobee" project is developing a new free flying robot system suitable for performing Intravehicular Activity (IVA) work on the International Space Station (ISS). This paper will describe the Astrobee project objectives, initial design, concept of operations, and key challenges.
Astrobee: Developing a Free Flying Robot for the International Space Station
2015
10 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Computers, Control & Information Theory , Industrial & Mechanical Engineering , Unmanned Spacecraft , Manned Spacecraft , Robotics , Robot control , Intravehicular activity , Autonomy , Control systems design , Robot dynamics , Remote control , Controllers , Autonomous navigation , Ground based control , Propulsion system configurations , Consumables (spacecraft) , Ground tests , International space station
Astrobee: Developing a Free-flying Robot for the International Space Station (AIAA 2015-4643)
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