A Columbus Automation Testbed (CAT), developed to evaluate the benefits of Automation and Robotics (A and R) for payload operations and for familiarizing potential users, payload engineers and operators with A and R, is described. In particular CAT will permit: the benefits which the principle investigator will get from A and R utilization to be understood; the best task allocation between crew dedicated mechanisms and robots; assessment and validation of A and R interfaced within a Columbus environment; assessment and validation of A and R generational procedures and utilization scenarios; evaluation of potential growth for internal A and R. With respect to this last point, it has to be highlighted that CAT will be upgraded to further improve the fidelity and to integrate new experiments.


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    Title :

    Columbus Automation Testbed: A Tool for Users


    Contributors:
    G. Colombina (author) / C. Jones (author) / W. Depeuter (author)

    Publication date :

    1992


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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