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Avionics and perching systems of free-flying robots for the International Space Station.

Jongwoon Yoo, In-Won Park, Vinh To, Jason QH Lum, and Trey Smith. In IEEE Int. Symp. Systems Eng. (ISSE), pp. 198–201, 2015.

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Abstract

This paper introduces NASA’s new free-flyingrobot, Astrobee, especially focusing on its avionics and perch-ing subsystems. Astrobee is a cube-shaped autonomous robotdesigned for various missions on the International Space Station(ISS). Its major goal is to offload routine and repetitive workfrom the ISS crews and assist their science activities. Astrobee isalso designed for scientists to use it as a micro-gravity roboticsresearch platform. It can host various science equipment andsoftware, allowing scientists to conduct their experiments usingAstrobees on the ISS. The robot has a small compliant, detachablearm with a griper so that it can perch on the ISS wall to supportlong duration tasks. This arm will grasp ISS handrails to holdits position without using propulsion or navigation subsystemsto minimize power consumption. Due to its special missionsand operating environment, Astrobee has a set of unique designrequirements. This paper gives an overview of Astrobee and thedetails of its avionics and perching subsystems with distinctivedesign challenges. We also present the trade studies that wehave conducted to decide the critical hardware and softwarecomponents for the avionics

BibTeX Entry

@InProceedings{yoo15:astrobee_avionics_perching,
  author =       {Jongwoon Yoo and In-Won Park and Vinh To and Jason QH Lum and Trey Smith},
  title =        {Avionics and perching systems of free-flying robots for the {International Space Station}},
  booktitle = {IEEE Int. Symp. Systems Eng. (ISSE)},
  year =      2015,
  pages = {198--201},
robot,  Astrobee,  especially  focusing  on  its  avionics  and  perch-
ing  subsystems.  Astrobee  is  a  cube-shaped  autonomous  robot
designed for various missions on the International Space Station
(ISS).  Its  major  goal  is  to  offload  routine  and  repetitive  work
from the ISS crews and assist their science activities. Astrobee is
also  designed  for  scientists  to  use  it  as  a  micro-gravity  robotics
research  platform.  It  can  host  various  science  equipment  and
software,  allowing  scientists  to  conduct  their  experiments  using
Astrobees on the ISS. The robot has a small compliant, detachable
arm with a griper so that it can perch on the ISS wall to support
long  duration  tasks.  This  arm  will  grasp  ISS  handrails  to  hold
its  position  without  using  propulsion  or  navigation  subsystems
to  minimize  power  consumption.  Due  to  its  special  missions
and operating environment, Astrobee has a set of unique design
requirements. This paper gives an overview of Astrobee and the
details  of  its  avionics  and  perching  subsystems  with  distinctive
design  challenges.  We  also  present  the  trade  studies  that  we
have  conducted  to  decide  the  critical  hardware  and  software
components for the avionics},
}

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