Start Date
4-1983 8:00 AM
Description
The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS) has been successfully flight tested during STS-2, 3 and 4 and declared operational. It has been flight qualified for light payloads with extrapolation by simulations for larger payloads. Testing of the RMS will continue with STS-7 and STS-11 and the RMS will see operational usage during the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) and the Solar Max Mission (SMM) retrieval and repair on STS-13. This paper, includes a description of the RMS and the STS-2 to STS-4 Flight Tests.
The RMS, in addition to handling payloads can perform other orbital operations such as inspection, construction and satellite servicing. This paper describes various end of arm tool concepts being developed by Spar, which could augment the basic RMS's capability thereby increasing its versatility. A possible four phase program for implementation of a tool system is described which includes enhancement of the operators feel using force/moment sensing.
In order to perform tasks such as construction and satellite servicing on the Orbiter in the future, the need for a Handling and Positioning Aid (HPA) is being considered. This device will essentially be a holding device or a "work-bench vice" on which the payload will be placed by the RMS and serviced either by an EVA astronaut or by the RMS or by a combination. A simple, costeffective design of the HPA derived entirely from existing space qualified elements of the RMS is presented in this paper.
The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System and Its Use in Orbital Operations
The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS) has been successfully flight tested during STS-2, 3 and 4 and declared operational. It has been flight qualified for light payloads with extrapolation by simulations for larger payloads. Testing of the RMS will continue with STS-7 and STS-11 and the RMS will see operational usage during the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) and the Solar Max Mission (SMM) retrieval and repair on STS-13. This paper, includes a description of the RMS and the STS-2 to STS-4 Flight Tests.
The RMS, in addition to handling payloads can perform other orbital operations such as inspection, construction and satellite servicing. This paper describes various end of arm tool concepts being developed by Spar, which could augment the basic RMS's capability thereby increasing its versatility. A possible four phase program for implementation of a tool system is described which includes enhancement of the operators feel using force/moment sensing.
In order to perform tasks such as construction and satellite servicing on the Orbiter in the future, the need for a Handling and Positioning Aid (HPA) is being considered. This device will essentially be a holding device or a "work-bench vice" on which the payload will be placed by the RMS and serviced either by an EVA astronaut or by the RMS or by a combination. A simple, costeffective design of the HPA derived entirely from existing space qualified elements of the RMS is presented in this paper.
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