`FRIEND´ robot, space telerobot for rescue and recovery of astronauts in space stations

Author

Rovetta, Eng Alberto

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

1991

fDate

3-5 Nov 1991

Firstpage

1663

Abstract

Deals with the design, modelling and construction of a prototype of a space telerobot for the rescue and recovery of astronauts in the area around a space station. The objective of the FRIEND robot project (an acronym of Flying Robot with Intelligently Ended Nursing Dexterity) is the testing of a telerobotised system controlled by a remote operator. The FRIEND robot is designed and constituted by a mechanical structure with two arms, an autonomous energy source, a sensor and motion control structure, a visual recognition system which acts as operator support, an expert intelligent system memorised in the computer for alternative choices in the stage of rescue and recovery of an astronaut in an emergency

Keywords

aerospace control; computer vision; expert systems; mobile robots; telecontrol; FRIEND robot project; Flying Robot; Intelligently Ended Nursing Dexterity; astronauts; autonomous energy source; expert intelligent system; motion control structure; remote operator; space stations; space telerobot; visual recognition system; Control systems; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Manipulators; Medical services; Orbital robotics; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Space stations; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Robots and Systems '91. 'Intelligence for Mechanical Systems, Proceedings IROS '91. IEEE/RSJ International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Osaka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0067-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IROS.1991.174756

Filename

174756