Abstract Space robotics is a key element of the Canadian Space Program. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA), through MD Robotics, has made a sizeable investment in space robotics to support human space exploration. Canadian robotic arms are in regular use on all Space Shuttle flights, and Canada is providing sophisticated hardware as the main robotic system to be used for the construction and operation of the International Space Station (ISS). Strategic robotic technologies are being developed to allow Canada to continue as a space robotic leader, and robotics for planetary exploration is seen as one of the main directions of evolution. This paper also highlights some of the management and financial challenges for robotics in support of human space exploration, and how these are being addressed in Canada.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Robotics in Support of Human Space Exploration: A Canadian Perspective


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Size :

    8 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Space Robotics Planetary Exploration - a DLR Perspective

    Schäfer, Bernd | German Aerospace Center (DLR) | 2013

    Free access



    Tetrahedral Robotics for Space Exploration

    Curtis, Steven / Brandt, Matthew / Bowers, Greg et al. | IEEE | 2007


    Tetrahedral Robotics for Space Exploration

    Curtis, S. / Brandt, M. / Bowers, G. et al. | IEEE | 2007