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[139] Citation: S.C. Venema, B. Hannaford, 'Telerobotic Remote Handling of Protein Crystals via an Internet Link ,'
In "Beyond Webcams, An Introduction to Online Robots", Roland Siegwart, Ed., MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2002.
Abstract
A combined University / Industry team has developed a prototype
system for handling protein crystals aboard the space station. The
system used 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 macros. The movement macros (a
predefined sequence of multi-device movement commands) were developed
to support precision motion between task locations in the glovebox.
The oper-ator invoked 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.
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