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.
Columbus Automation Testbed: A Tool for Users
1992
5 pages
Report
No indication
English
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