A Platform Manipulator System (PMS) concept is proposed to provide, as a primary function, a means of exchanging payload and utility orbit replacement units (ORU) between an unmanned platform and a docked logistics vehicle without the need for man in orbit. The concept is principally directed towards Columbus Polar Platform in order to avoid the requirement to de-orbit for a servicing operation, but is also applicable to the external servicing of the resource module of the Man-Tended Free Flyer. Features of the proposed system include teleoperation from ground, a dual berthing/ORU exchange function, a limited rotational transportation capability of the manipulator base, and a bi-arm end effector concept.
Teleoperated Manipulator System Concept for Unmanned Platforms
1987
6 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
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