A System for In-Space Assembly

Jacob Everist, K. Mogharei, H. Suri, N. Ranasinghe, Behrokh Khoshnevis, Peter Will, and Wei-Min Shen. A System for In-Space Assembly. In Proc. 2004 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2356–2361, Sendai, Japan, Sept./Oct. 2004.

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Abstract

Abstract- This paper presents an experimental system for assembly in space. A weightless and frictionless environment is approximated using an air-hockey table where robots and structural components can noat on the surface. The robots use fan propulsion lo dock with components and assemble them together to make 2D struelures This system is designed to implement three key technologies for space self-assembly: 1) intelligent components with universal mnnectors, 2) a set of sell-reconfigurable robots that fetch and assemble components, and 3) a distributed method for controlling the robotic-assembly pmeess. An overview of the system's design and experimental results is presented.

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@InProceedings{	  everist2004a-system-for-in-space-assembly,
  abstract	= {Abstract- This paper presents an experimental system for
		  assembly in space. A weightless and frictionless
		  environment is approximated using an air-hockey table where
		  robots and structural components can noat on the surface.
		  The robots use fan propulsion lo dock with components and
		  assemble them together to make 2D struelures This system is
		  designed to implement three key technologies for space
		  self-assembly: 1) intelligent components with universal
		  mnnectors, 2) a set of sell-reconfigurable robots that
		  fetch and assemble components, and 3) a distributed method
		  for controlling the robotic-assembly pmeess. An overview of
		  the system's design and experimental results is
		  presented.},
  address	= {Sendai, Japan},
  author	= {Jacob Everist and K. Mogharei and H. Suri and N.
		  Ranasinghe and Behrokh Khoshnevis and Peter Will and
		  Wei-Min Shen},
  booktitle	= iros-04,
  month		= {Sept./Oct.},
  pages		= {2356--2361},
  title		= {A System for In-Space Assembly},
  year		= {2004}
}