Survey of mobility approaches for EVR application in space station

Author

Yongquan Chen ; Chengjiang Wang ; Wenfu Xu ; Huihuan Qian ; Yangsheng Xu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. & Autom. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

493

Lastpage

498

Abstract

This paper mainly presents the survey of mobility approaches for the Extra Vehicular Robotics (EVR) application in space station. Seven different kinds of mobility approaches are identified, including straight rail mobile approach, inchworm-like movement approach, free flying vehicle/robot with docking approach, handrail climbing approach, mobile base with circular climbing approach and long manipulator transferring approach. The performance and difference of each approach are elaborated carefully, which offers reference for further research.

Keywords

aerospace robotics; manipulators; mobile robots; EVR application; docking approach; extravehicular robotics application; free flying robot; free flying vehicle; handrail climbing approach; inchworm-like movement approach; long manipulator transferring approach; mobile base with circular climbing approach; mobility approaches; space station; straight rail mobile approach; Assembly; Manipulators; Mobile communication; Rails; Space stations; Space vehicles; EVR; Mobility; Space Station;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Automation (ICIA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yinchuan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICInfA.2013.6720349

Filename

6720349