Skyworker: a robot for assembly, inspection and maintenance of large scale orbital facilities

Future space facilities that could power our planet and expand our horizons will differ vastly from the satellites and space stations familiar today. Characterized by their immense size and the difficulties of human construction in orbit, future space facilities will be assembled in part by robots....

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Main Authors: Staritz, P.J., Skaff, S., Urmson, C., Whittaker, W.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Inspection
Large-scale systems
Orbital robotics
Payloads
Planets
Prototypes
Robotic assembly
Satellites
Space stations
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Summary:Future space facilities that could power our planet and expand our horizons will differ vastly from the satellites and space stations familiar today. Characterized by their immense size and the difficulties of human construction in orbit, future space facilities will be assembled in part by robots. This paper profiles Skyworker, a prototype assembly, inspection, and maintenance (AIM) robot designed for large mass payload transport and assembly tasks. Skyworker is an attached mobile manipulator (AMM) capable of walking and working on the structure it is building.
ISSN:1050-4729
2577-087X
DOI:10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933271