Space Robotics

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Space Robotics
2008 Moses Lake Sand Dunes Field Test Examine
early lunar mission tasks (deploy infrastructure,
site surveys, resource prospecting) Multi-robot
and coordinated human-robot activities Experiment
with various ops concepts and scenarios
Planetary Robotics Mars rovers (JPL, ESA,
LAAS-CNRS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
in Zurich, Tohoku University, CMU, MIT, Stanford
University, Universität Bremen) Lunar operations
(NASA Ames)
Orbital Robotics Inspection and Maintenance
Robot (Northrop Grumman) Manipulation of
Flexible Space Structures (Georgia Tech) Form
Based Control Algorithm (Cleveland State
University) Coordinated Control of Space Robot
Teams (MIT) Space Manipulator Analysis (JAXA)
Autonomous Spacecraft Proximity Maneuvers (Naval
Postgraduate School)
Organizational Membership increased from 18 to
22 in 2008 ICRA workshops in 08 and planned for
09, attendance at ICRA 08 RAS TAB meeting
Contact a Co-Chair to Join Dimi Apostolopoulos
(da1v_at_cs.cmu.edu) Richard Volpe
(volpe_at_jpl.nasa.gov) Rick Wagner
(Rick.Wagner_at_NGC.com) Kazuya Yoshida
(yoshida_at_astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp)