This book presents a selection of conference contributions from CARO’13 (Conference on Aerospace Robotics), which was held in Warsaw from July 1 to 3, 2013. It presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs. These programs could involve such issues as space situational awareness program, planetary protection, exploitation of minerals, assembly, manufacturing, and search for new habitable location for next human generations. The future exploration of Space and related activities will involve robots. In particular, new autonomous robots need to be developed with high degree of intelligence. Such robots would make space exploration possible but also they would make space automation an important factor in variety of activities related to Space.
Author(s): Jerzy Sąsiadek (eds.)
Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 198
Tags: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Robots for Space Exploration—Barriers, Perspectives and Implementations....Pages 1-11
On the Simple Adaptive Control of Flexible-Joint Space Manipulators with Uncertainties....Pages 13-23
Hybrid Method of Motion Planning for Driftless Systems....Pages 25-35
The Formation Flying Navigation System for Proba 3....Pages 37-47
Innovative Resistojet Propulsion System—Use in Robotic Space Platforms....Pages 49-58
Analyses of a Free-Floating Manipulator Control Scheme Based on the Fixed-Base Jacobian with Spacecraft Velocity Feedback....Pages 59-69
TwinCube—Preliminary Study of a Tether Experiment for CubeSat Mission....Pages 71-83
Novel Type of Inertial Actuator for Satellite Attitude Control System Basis on Concept of Reaction Sphere—ELSA Project....Pages 85-92
Deployable Manipulator Technology with Application for UAVs....Pages 93-103
MERTIS/BEPI COLOMBO Pointing Unit Mechanism—Pointing Accuracy Test Procedure, Setup and Results....Pages 105-116
Design of the New Pi of the Sky Robotic Telescope Controlled via Internet....Pages 117-128
Satellite Guided Navigation Control for Environment Monitoring....Pages 129-144
Analog Mars Rover Service as a Robotic Hardware and Team Building Platform....Pages 145-161
Manipulators of the Phobos-Grunt Project and Lunar Projects....Pages 163-174
On a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm Solving a Global Path Planning for a Ground Mobile Robot....Pages 175-185
Outline of an Autonomy Framework for Space Mobile Robots....Pages 187-198
