Robonaut reaches down to press a button to turn on a wireless camera
Robonaut overview
Operator controlling pose in picture to left
More playing with buttons
Hit the buttons...
Closeup of forearm and wrist
Closeup of wrist articulation
Another closeup of wrist articulation
Lower forearm with wiring
Closeup of right shoulder
Right arm with wiring
The face of the future? (Note extensive use of stereolithography for nonstructural
components)
This is the positioning leg. (No, Craig, it doesn't have a 10Hz first mode.)
Components of left arm being rebuilt with next generation electronics. Note
the cloth in background - the eventual plan is to enclose the arm in a space-suit-like
fabric covering.
Closeup of left arm actuator
Closeup of finger articulations
Another closeup of finger articulations
Sketches of outer covering for completed Robonaut unit - is it just me,
or have these guys been reading too many superhero comics?
Shoulder of left arm in test stand
Electronics being added to arm housing - this is still just sensor amplifiers,
the control loops are all closed at the main brain level
Closeup detail of wiring hookup to actuator
The "business end" of the Space Station Remote Manipulator System
(SSRMS) training system
This is a generic overview of the SSRMS work area.
Another overview - notice the space shuttle payload bay on its side
The Gondola mockup and Robotic Work Station that is used to control the
SSRMS
A view down the simulated ISS modules toward the "docked" orbiter
A pile of payloads
Notice the fabrication technology - lightweight tubing framework and fabric,
to keep the payloads light. The Shuttle RMS trainer used helium balloons
(Hey! Neutral buoyancy!), but the SSRMS arm is a lot stronger
Wide angle view of work site - by the end effector, you should be able to
see Dave Lavery, who braved the "forbidden zone" to provide a
sense of scale. (This sucker is BIG!!!)
Ditto.
I'm sure there's a reason why I took this picture...
This gives you a little better view of the ISS/shuttle configuration, and
the arm (mounted to a MAJOR LEAGUE pedestal, bolted down to the floor!)
That's a shuttle payload bay forward bulkhead in the foreground
Relative positioning of arm, payload bay, and ISS node (note empty "docking
port")
Better closeup of RWS in cupola - 2x3DOF hand controllers, laptop, three
LCD video screens...
...in fact, if you had a better computer, and put it in the middeck, this
would be a lot like the Ranger TSX flight control station!
Another picture of Robonaut hitting the button. This should be at the end
of the first row, I don't know why this system insisted on putting it at
the end.