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Space Robotics 1998 (Paperback)
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Space Robotics 1998 (Paperback)
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This conference which was originally planned as workshop took place
on October 19 to 22, 1998 in St-Hubert, Montreal. The idea of a
conference devoted to Space Robotics matured when two IFAC
Technical Committees, Aerospace Control and Robotics decided to
co-sponsor such an event. The final decision converged with
technological maturity of Space Robotics itself. It became obvious
that robotics is a unique but viable technology that can be used in
Space exploration.
Robotics is the intelligent connection of perception to action.
This broad definition of robotics encompasses both science and
technology. In the early days, the changing technology in
manufacturing was driving the development in robotics. New
manufacturing technology required new, economical and efficient
methods of production. Development was geared towards robots in the
form of manipulators. In later years, the development was driven by
demand in service industry, military and special applications. One
of those special applications is related to Space and its
exploration. The rapid development in Space related technologies
brought forward questions about the need for automation
technologies that would allow for operations in Space in an
efficient and safe way. Some Space operations could not have
possibly been done without extensive use of automation and
especially robotics. There are numerous robotics meetings and
conferences across the world but it became obvious that the
meetings addressing particular problems in space robotics would be
useful and helpful.
The Program Committee tried to include in conference presentations
all specific fields of robotics that are important in Space
applications. On manipulators' side, kinematics, manipulation,
dexterity, sensors and control systems have been covered. On mobile
robots' side new control techniques, telerobotics, nonholonomic
systems, and trajectory planning have been considered. Also,
applications and Space operations have been reviewed.
Altogether 30 papers were selected and accepted by the
International Organizing Committee. Papers were presented in 8
sessions in three days. There were also three keynote speeches
presented by invited speakers and three distinguished speakers to
present keynote lectures on three separate occasions. Speakers were
chosen in order to give a broad overview of space robotics
activities in all involved countries. Participants came from
Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
Poland, United Kingdom and the USA.
In day 1, eight papers were presented in two sessions. Session 1
was related to Dextrous Robots and Session 2 to Mobile Robots (Part
1 and 2). Day 2 included a keynote speech on the topic of "Robotics
and On-Board Autonomy: For What and How Far Can We Go?," followed
by Session 3: Robot Controllers and Session 4: Vision Systems and
Control. Day 3 consisted of 5 sessions, Session 5: Manipulation
Control, Session 6: Kinematics, Session 7: Nonholonomic Systems,
Session 8: Space Operation (Part 1 and Part 2).
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