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[099] Citation: S. Venema, B. Hannaford,
'Miniature Telerobots in Space Applications,'
Proc. Int. Conf. on Integrated Micro-Nanotechnology for Space Applications, Houston Tx., October, 1995.
Abstract
Ground controlled telerobots can be used to reduce astronaut workload
while retaining much of the human capabilities of planning, execution,
and error recovery for specific tasks. Miniature robots can be used for
delicate and time-consuming tasks such as biological experiment
servicing without incurring the significant mass and power penalties
associated with larger robot systems. However, questions remain
regarding the technical and economic effectiveness such
mini-telerobotic systems. This paper addresses some of these open
issues and the details of two projects which will be able to provide
some of the needed answers. The Microtrex project is a joint University
of Washington/NASA project which plans on flying a miniature robot as a
Space-shuttle experiment to evaluate the effects of microgravity on
ground controlled manipulation while subject to variable time-delay
communications. A related project involving the University of
Washington and Boeing Defense and Space will evaluate the effectiveness
of using a minirobot to service biological experiments in a space
station experiment "glove-box" rack mock-up, again while subject to
realistic communications constraints.
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