Automation and Robotics for Experiment Operations in an Enhanced Man Tended Free Flyer (EMTFF)

Eike Schmidt, Manager Orbital Systems Technology, MBB/ERNO, Bremen, Germany

8:00 AM

Automation and Robotics For the Space Station: The Influence of the Advanced Technology Advisory Committee

Robert R. Nunamaker, Director for Space, Chairman ATAC, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
Kelli F. Willshire, Aerospace Technologist, Executive Secretary ATAC, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

8:00 AM

Compliance Strategies For Robotic Ground Servicing Of The Shuttle

Robert Podlasek, Assistant Dean College of Engineering, Bradley University

8:00 AM

Robotic Applications At Kennedy Space Center

Dan Wegerif, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Kennedy Space Center
Mike Sklar, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Kennedy Space Center
Ron Despain, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, Kennedy Space Center

8:00 AM

Robots Refurbish Space Shuttle Hardware USBI

Tony S. Humble
Alan R. Fertig

8:00 AM

Systems Integration for the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Robotics Applications Development Laboratory (RADL)

V. L. Davis
Ross Nordeen

8:00 AM

Telerobotic Space Station Applications

Scott A. Hofacker, United Technologies-Space Flight Systems Box 1626, Huntsville, AL 35807
Bernard J. Schroer, University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 35899
Arthur Herkert, University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL 35899

8:00 AM

The Use of Force Feedback Control for Robotic Mating of Umbilical Fuel Lines

R. Fullmer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames,Ia. 50011
A. Dilpare, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology
L. Davis, Robot Application and Development Laboratory, NASA Kennedy Space Center

8:00 AM

Understanding Of And Applications For Robot Vision Guidance At KSC

Lawrence M. Shawaga, NASA/Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899

8:00 AM