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Proposal of a Tethered Space Walking Robot - REX-J: Robot Experiment on JEM -

Mitsushige Oda, Hirotaka Sawada, Masahiro YOSHI, Kazuya Konoue, Hiroki Kato, Satoshi Suzuki, Yusuke Hagiwara, T Ueno

Year
2009
Citations
8
Access
Open access

Abstract

A unique space robot is proposed to support astronauts' EVA work. The robot moves around the surface of a space facility, e.g. a space station. Usefulness of the proposed robot system will be tested in 2012 on the International Space Station Japanese Experiment Module.

Keywords

RobotInternational Space StationSpace (punctuation)Computer scienceSimulationArtificial intelligenceEngineeringAerospace engineeringOperating system

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