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An Experimental Characterization of the BIT Astronaut Robot

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Robotics and Mechatronics (ISRM 2019)

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Abstract

In this paper a prototype of BIT (Beijing Institute of Technology) astronaut robot with three leg-arm limbs is presented with performance characteristics from a demo test. An experimental demo for basic operation modes is presented simulating the BIT astronaut robot moving outside an orbital station with a lab testbed set up for experimental activity of robot characterization. Results of the demo tests are used to characterize the feasibility of the robot design and its operation also with experiences at ground gravity.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Biomimetic Robots and Systems, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

    Zheng Tao, Ceccarelli Marco, Li Hui & Mo Yang

  2. Lab Robot Mechatronics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Ceccarelli Marco

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  1. School of Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronic and Biomedical Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Chin-Hsing Kuo

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Pei-Chun Lin

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    Terence Essomba

  4. Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Tamkang University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

    Guan-Chen Chen

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Tao, Z., Marco, C., Hui, L., Yang, M. (2020). An Experimental Characterization of the BIT Astronaut Robot. In: Kuo, CH., Lin, PC., Essomba, T., Chen, GC. (eds) Robotics and Mechatronics. ISRM 2019. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 78. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30036-4_34

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