JTEC Panel Report on Space Robotics in Japan

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JTEC Panel Report on Space Robotics in Japan

W. L. Whittaker / T. Kanade / P. Allen / A. K. Bejczy / J. W. Lowrie

Sections of the report are devoted to: Programs and infrastructure (agencies involved and their activities; space robotics community infrastructure; roles and functions of organizations; the Japanese approach to space robotics R&D; the long-term views of industry); the National Space Development Agency's (NASDA) Japanese Experimental Module (JEM) project for Space Station Freedom; orbital operations (ISAS/MELCO's Autonomous Satellite Retrieval EXperiment - ASREX; NASDA's Experimental Test Satellite - ETS-7; NASDA's Orbiting Service Vehicle - OSV; Hope shuttle; free-flying robots proposed for Cosmos-Lab); surface exploration and construction (NASDA's lunar mission concept; requirements of surface robots; wheeled, tracked and hybrid mobile robots; legged mobile robots; construction and nuclear robots); supporting technologies (task control; motion control; master-slave systems; novel mechanisms, actuators and devices; special purpose systems). An appendix provides site visit reports concerning 28 Japanese organizations involved in space robotics activities. (Copyright (c) 1991 by Loyola College.)