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The servicing aid tool: A teleoperated robotics system for space applicationsThe Servicing Aid Tool (SAT) is a teleoperated, force-reflecting manipulation system designed for use on the Space Shuttle. The system will assist Extravehicular Activity (EVA) servicing of spacecraft such as the Hubble Space Telescope. The SAT stands out from other robotics development programs in that special attention was given to provide a low-cost, space-qualified design which can easily and inexpensively be reconfigured and/or enhanced through the addition of existing NASA funded technology as that technology matures. SAT components are spaceflight adaptations of existing ground-based designs from Robotics Research Corporation (RRC), the leading supplier of robotics systems to the NASA and university research community in the United States. Fairchild Space is the prime contractor and provides the control electronics, safety system, system integration, and qualification testing. The manipulator consists of a 6-DOF Slave Arm mounted on a 1-DOF Positioning Link in the shuttle payload bay. The Slave Arm is controlled via a highly similar, 6-DOF, force-reflecting Master Arm from Schilling Development, Inc. This work is being performed under contract to the Goddard Space Flight Center Code, Code 442, Hubble Space Telescope Flight Systems and Servicing Project.
Document ID
19940029533
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Dorman, Keith W.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Pullen, John L.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Keksz, William O.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Eismann, Paul H.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Kowalski, Keith A.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Karlen, James P.
(Fairchild Space Co. Germantown, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Johnson Space Center, The Seventh Annual Workshop on Space Operations Applications and Research (SOAR 1993), Volume 1
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Accession Number
94N34039
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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