Title :
New design concept of space manipulator: a proposal of Torque-unit Manipulator
Author :
Osuka, Koichi ; Yoshida, Koji ; Ono, Toshiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan
Abstract :
A new design concept for a space manipulator that is called “Torque-unit Manipulator” is proposed. The main advantage of using the Torque-unit Manipulator is ease of maintenance. The position control of the Torque-unit Manipulator is shown to be possible
Keywords :
aerospace control; manipulators; position control; design concept; maintenance; position control; space manipulator; Actuators; Gears; Kinematics; Manipulator dynamics; Marine vehicles; Open loop systems; Proposals; Shafts; Space stations; Torque control;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1994., Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1968-0
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1994.411118
