Overview and performance of the Front-End Robotics Enabling Near-Term Demonstration (FREND) robotic arm

AIAA Infotech at Aerospace Conference and Exhibit and AIAA Unmanned...Unlimited Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Debus, Thomas J ^a   Dougherty, Sean P ^a  

^a Alliance Spacesystems LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPACECRAFT; KEY COMPONENT; ON-ORBIT SATELLITES; ON-ORBIT SERVICING; ORBITAL EXPRESS; ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS; SERVICE SATELLITES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

FREE FLIGHT; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS; SATELLITES;

ORBITS;

EID: 77958482951     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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