PLATO control and robotics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7019, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Luong Van, Daniel M ^a   Ashley, Michael C B ^a   Everett, Jon R ^a   Lawrence, Jon S ^a   Storey, John W V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astronomical observatory; Astronomy; Automation; Control; Robotics; Site testing

Indexed keywords

100 MBPS; ANALOG CHANNELS; ANTARCTIC PLATEAU; ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY; CONTROL AREA NETWORK; DEGREE OF AUTONOMY; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENGINE MANAGEMENT; HIGH BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION; IRIDIUM SATELLITE; LOAD-SHEDDING; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; SITE TESTING; THERMAL MANAGEMENT;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; FLASH MEMORY; INSTRUMENT TESTING; IRIDIUM; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OBSERVATORIES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER CONTROL;

EID: 67049134361     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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