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4-1988 8:00 AM

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As a baseline for investigations into automation an robotics for microgravity experiment operations an enhanced version of the COLUMBUS Man Tended Free Flyer is used. Four relevant experiments are selected as a basis for detailed analysis to derive typical classes of experiment tasks which have crucial importance for the identification of automation and robotics concepts. The description of the Enhanced MTFF (EMTFF), a definition of a reference payload and the derivation of a preliminary concept for EMTFF automation is presented in this paper as results of an appropriate study funded by ESA/ESTEC.

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

As a baseline for investigations into automation an robotics for microgravity experiment operations an enhanced version of the COLUMBUS Man Tended Free Flyer is used. Four relevant experiments are selected as a basis for detailed analysis to derive typical classes of experiment tasks which have crucial importance for the identification of automation and robotics concepts. The description of the Enhanced MTFF (EMTFF), a definition of a reference payload and the derivation of a preliminary concept for EMTFF automation is presented in this paper as results of an appropriate study funded by ESA/ESTEC.

 

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