This paper summarizes work by Rockwell International's Space Systems Division's Robotics Group at Downey, California. The work is part of a NASA-led team effort to automate Space Shuttle tile rewaterproofing in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the ferry facility at the Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility. Rockwell's effort focuses on the rewaterproofing end-effector, whose function is to inject hazardous dimethylethyloxysilane into thousands of ceramic tiles on the underside of the orbiter after each flight. The paper has five sections. First, it presents background on the present manual process. Second, end-effector requirements are presented, including safety and interface control. Third, a design is presented for the five end-effector systems: positioning, delivery, containment, data management, and command and control. Fourth, end-effector testing and integrating to the total system are described. Lastly, future applications for this technology are discussed.


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    Titel :

    Robotic end-effector for rewaterproofing shuttle tiles


    Beteiligte:
    Manouchehri, Davoud (Autor:in) / Hansen, Joseph M. (Autor:in) / Wu, Cheng M. (Autor:in) / Yamamoto, Brian S. (Autor:in) / Graham, Todd (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Cooperative Intelligent Robotics in Space III ; 1992 ; Boston,MA,United States


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.11.1992





    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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