Robots in Space: U.S. Missions and Technology Requirements into the Next Century

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-173

  Weisbin, Charles R ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}   Lavery, David B ^b,l,m   Rodriguez, Guillermo ^a,n  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c Robotics and Mars Explor Technology   (United States)

^d Robotic Syst Adv Comp Technol   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Ctr for Eng Syst Adv Research   (United States)

^g Department of Computer Science ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^j Robotics Telepresence Subcommittee   (United States)

^k NASA Telerobotics Intercenter W   (United States)

^l VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dexterous manipulation; In orbit servicing; Planetary exploration; Robot autonomy; Robotics; Rovers; Sample acquisition; Sample return

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE VEHICLES; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; LUNAR MISSIONS; MANIPULATORS; PLANETARY LANDERS; REMOTE CONTROL; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE PLATFORMS; SPACE RESEARCH;

DEXTEROUS MANIPULATION; IN-ORBIT SERVICING; PLANETARY EXPLORATION; ROBOT AUTONOMY; ROVERS; SAMPLE ACQUISITION; SAMPLE RETURN; TELEROBOTICS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0031144181     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008808730915     Document Type: Article

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