| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
[108] Citation: B. Hannaford, J. Hewitt, T. Maneewarn, S. Venema, M. Appleby, R. Ehresman,
'Telerobotic Macros for Remote Handling of Protein Crystals,'
Proceedings Intl. Conf. on Advanced Robotics, (ICAR97), Monterrey, CA, July 1997.
Abstract
A combined University / Industry team has developed a prototype system
for handling protein crystals aboard the space station. This systemuses a
miniature direct drive robot, CCD television cameras, and a
client-server computing system using internet protocols to support the
capture of protein crystals from aqueous growth solutions. The system
was demonstrated between Huntsville AL. and Seattle WA. An operator in
Huntsville controlled the mini robot by invoking pre-defined relative
and absolute macro files. A set of movement macros (a predefined
sequence of multi-device movement commands) were developed to support
precision motion between task locations in the glovebox. The operator
can invoke the macros by clicking icons in the remote control
interface. The system is a promising start for the development of a
space-station based remote protein crystal analysis facility.
["I would like a hard copy of this report"]
[Copyright]
[HELP!]
Updated: Tue Jul 15 23:54:50 2008
| |
