The European Robotic Arm for the International Space Station

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-27

  Boumans, R ^a   Heemskerk, C ^a  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

European robotic arm (ERA); Space robotics

Indexed keywords

ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE STATIONS;

SPACE ROBOTICS;

ROBOTIC ARMS;

EID: 0032021714     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(97)00054-7     Document Type: Article

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