Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Everist, J.
• Mogharei, K.
• Suri, H.
• Ranasinghe, N.
• Khoshnevis, B.
• Will, P.
• Wei-Min Shen

Titel

A system for in-space assembly

Ist Teil von

• 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37566), 2004, Vol.3, p.2356-2361 vol.3

Ort / Verlag

Piscataway NJ: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2004

Quelle

IEEE Xplore

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper presents an experimental system for assembly in space. A weightless and frictionless environment is approximated using an air-hockey table where robots and structural components can float on the surface. The robots use fan propulsion to dock with components and assemble them together to make 2D structures. This system is designed to implement three key technologies for space self-assembly: 1) intelligent components with universal connectors, 2) a set of self-reconfigurable robots that fetch and assemble components, and 3) a distributed method for controlling the robotic-assembly process. An overview of the system's design and experimental results is presented.