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Accession Number:
AD1069645
Title:
Mechatronics: The Development, Analysis, And Ground Based-Demonstrations Of Robotic Spacecraft Hopping With A Manipulator
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States
Report Date:
2018-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
123.0
Abstract:
Astrobee is a robot designed by Intelligent Robotics Group at NASA Ames Research Center to operate inside of the International Space Station ISS. The robot has a manipulator that is made up of various mechanical, electronic, and control systems. The designed purpose of the manipulator is to perch Astrobee in an effort to minimize power consumption. The study of grasping dynamics and hopping will lead to more efficient maneuvers that would not require propellant. Can the current Astrobee manipulator perform a propellant less maneuver by using its manipulator This thesis reports the construction, design, integration, and testing of a robotic manipulator. A replica model of NASAs Astrobee manipulator, with 3 degrees of freedom 3-DOF, was constructed at the Spacecraft Research Laboratory SRL of Naval Postgraduate School NPS using commercial off-the-shelf COTS avionics. The control principle of the manipulator was correspondingly developed. Using the Python scripts, the user can easily interact and control the manipulator. Purposely developed test beds enabled to measure the maximum linear force required to remove the manipulator from a perched rail and determine the gripper slip angle of the manipulator from a three-dimensional 3D printed ISS rail. We found that Astrobees manipulator can perform propellant less maneuvers by tossing itself from one ISS rail to another ISS rail.
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
