The need to increase astronaut productivity for assembly, servicing, and maintenance missions has led to the definition of a concept for remote operations called the telerobotic work system. Dexterous manipulator arms are controlled from the Space Shuttle Orbiter cabin or a Space Station module. Concepts for the telerobotic work system have been developed by the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center through contracts with the Grumman Aerospace Corporation and Martin Marietta Aerospace. An evolutionary development of the system is proposed as a means of incorporating technology advances. Early flight testing is seen as needed to address the uncertainties of robotic manipulation in space. Space robotics can be expected to spin off technology to terrestrial robots, particularly in hazardous and unstructured applications.


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    Title :

    Telerobotic work system-space robotics application


    Additional title:

    Teleroboter-Arbeitssystem-Anwendung von Robotern im Weltraum


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    3 Seiten, 5 Bilder, 5 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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