Investigations into several approaches to EVA-robot integration

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Akin, David L ^a   Jacobs, Shane ^a   Gruntz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; NASA; ORBITS; ROBOTIC ARMS; ROBOTICS;

ANALYTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLES; EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITIES; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINTS; ORBITAL REPLACEMENT UNITS; PLANETARY SURFACE EXPLORATION; UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 85072416126     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2007-01-3232     Document Type: Conference Paper

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