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ETS-VII Flight Experiments For Space Robot Dynamics and Control

Theories on laboratory test beds ten years ago, Now in orbit

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Experimental Robotics VII

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences ((LNCIS,volume 271))

Abstract

The Engineering Test Satellite VII (ETS-VII), developed and launched by National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) has been successfully flown and carried out significant experiments on orbital robotics with a 2 meter-long, 6 DOF manipulator arm mounted on this un-manned spacecraft. The ETS-VII should be noted as one of remarkable outcomes of the research effort on space robots, particularly characterized as an orbital free-flying robot. This paper highlights a story how the theories have been developed mathematically, studied with laboratory test bed, then demonstrated in orbit.

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  1. Dept. of Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Tohoku Unoversity, Sendai, 980-8579, Japan

    Kazuya Yoshida

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA

    Daniela Rus

  2. Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Sanjiv Singh

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Yoshida, K. (2001). ETS-VII Flight Experiments For Space Robot Dynamics and Control. In: Rus, D., Singh, S. (eds) Experimental Robotics VII. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 271. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45118-8_22

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